Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to persist
Participle: persisted
Gerund: persisting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | persist |
| you | persist |
| he;she;it | persists |
| we | persist |
| you | persist |
| they | persist |
Perfect
| I | have persisted |
| you | have persisted |
| he;she;it | has persisted |
| we | have persisted |
| you | have persisted |
| they | have persisted |
Past
| I | persisted |
| you | persisted |
| he;she;it | persisted |
| we | persisted |
| you | persisted |
| they | persisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had persisted |
| you | had persisted |
| he;she;it | had persisted |
| we | had persisted |
| you | had persisted |
| they | had persisted |
Future
| I | will persist |
| you | will persist |
| he;she;it | will persist |
| we | will persist |
| you | will persist |
| they | will persist |
Future Perfect
| I | will have persisted |
| you | will have persisted |
| he;she;it | will have persisted |
| we | will have persisted |
| you | will have persisted |
| they | will have persisted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | persist |
| you | persist |
| he;she;it | persist |
| we | persist |
| you | persist |
| they | persist |
Perfect
| I | have persisted |
| you | have persisted |
| he;she;it | have persisted |
| we | have persisted |
| you | have persisted |
| they | have persisted |
Imperfect
| I | persisted |
| you | persisted |
| he;she;it | persisted |
| we | persisted |
| you | persisted |
| they | persisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had persisted |
| you | had persisted |
| he;she;it | had persisted |
| we | had persisted |
| you | had persisted |
| they | had persisted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would persist |
| you | would persist |
| he;she;it | would persist |
| we | would persist |
| you | would persist |
| they | would persist |
Perfect
| I | would have persisted |
| you | would have persisted |
| he;she;it | would have persisted |
| we | would have persisted |
| you | would have persisted |
| they | would have persisted |
Imperative
| you | persist |
| we | Let's persist |
| you | persist |
Verbs conjugated like 'persist'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'persist'
desist,
perish,
permiss,
permit,
petsit,
resist,
unpersist,
absist,
assist,
atrist,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- endure; remain; last
- abide
- to endure
- aby, tolerate, thole
- last or persevere to the end
- stay
- to survive
- live
- to continue unchanged
- remain
- to last
- endure
- go on stubbornly or resolutely
- persevere
- to persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking
- abide, bear up, carry on, continue, endure, follow up, hang in there, hold on, hold out, hold the line, hold up, persevere, stay, stay the distance, stick by one's guns, stick with
- To remain standing.
- astand, persevere
- remain standing
- astand, persevere
- to continue to exist
- abide, aby, endure, go on, hold on, last, live, remain, stick, stick it out, stick out
- persevere
- continue, endure, last, remain
Antonyms
- to cease to proceed or act
- continue, persevere, proceed, desist
- to continue to exist
- break, fail, yield
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”). See: Latin '
persistō'.
Verbs referencing "persist"
Ido persistar.
Sample Sentences
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“ You 're a smart wench, Lucy, ” he persisted; “ I mean to do well by ye, and get ye a nice place down river; and you'll soon get another husband,—such a likely gal as you — ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] both in his eye. I kept back the dogs and the party, as they came pressing up, and claimed him as my prisoner. It was all I could do to keep them from shooting him, in the flush of success; but I persisted in my bargain, and Alfred sold him to me. Well, I took him in hand, and in one fortnight I had him tamed down as submissive and tractable as heart could desire. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Never was born ! ” persisted Topsy, with another grin, that looked so goblin-like, that, if Miss Ophelia had been at all nervous, she might have fancied that she had got hold of some sooty gnome from the land of Diablerie; but [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Topsy now confessed to the gloves, but still persisted in denying the ribbon.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] St. Clare took his paper into the parlor, and sat down, till Topsy had finished her recitations. They were all very well, only that now and then she would oddly transpose some important words, and persist in the mistake, in spite of every effort to the contrary; and St. Clare, after all his promises of goodness, took a wicked pleasure in these mistakes, calling Topsy to him whenever he had a mind to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Chloe had a particular fancy for calling poultry poetry,—an application of language in which she always persisted, notwithstanding frequent corrections and advisings from the young members of the family. ~~~ “ La sakes ! ” she would say, “ I can't see; one jis good as turry,—poetry suthin good, any how; ” and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)