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persistent

/pəˈsɪst(ə)nt/

US pronunciation
American sound/pəˈsɪst(ə)nt/
pəˈsɪstənt
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

pə - ˈsɪstənt -> persistent

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မရမနေဇွကောင်းသော။ မစသော။ ဆက်တိုက်။ မကြာခဏပေါ်ပေါက်သော။ ထပ်တလဲလဲ။

Full entry

persist /pǝ'sÇst/ v

၁။ ~ (in sth/ in doing sth/ with sth ) ဇွတ်လုပ်သည်။ မလျှော့တမ်း ပေလုပ်သည်။ If you persist, you will annoy them even more. ❍ He will persist in wearing that dreadful tie. ❍ She persists in the belief/ in believing that she is being persecuted. ❍ They persisted with the agricultural reforms, despite opposition from the farmers.
၂။ ရှိမြဲရှိသည်။ ဆက်လက်ရှိသည်။ Fog will persist throughout the night. You should seek medical advice if the pain persists.
❏ persistence /-ǝns/ n [U]
၁။ မဆုတ်မနစ် ကြိုးပမ်းမှု။ His persistence was rewarded when they finally agreed to resume discussions.
၂။ ကျန်နေခြင်း။ ဆက်လက်တည်ရှိခြင်း။ The doctor couldn't explain the persistence of the high temperature.
❏ persistent /-ǝnt/ adj
၁။ မရမနေ ဇွဲကောင်းသော။ She eventually' married the most persistent of her admirers.
၂။ (က) မစဲသော။ ဆက်တိုက်။ presistent noise/ rain/ pain ❍ persistent questioning. (ခ) မကြာခဏ ပေါ်ပေါက် သော။ ထပ်တလဲလဲ။ persistent attacks of coughing ❍ Despite persistent denials, the rumour continued to spread. persistently adv

More examples
  • ‘But why?’ he persisted.
  • [persist with] : They are determined to persist with their campaign.
  • [persist in] : She persisted in her refusal to pay.
  • [persist in doing something] : Why do you persist in denying that it was your fault?
  • Call your doctor if the symptoms persist for more than three days.
Synonyms
persevere, continue, keep it up, keep on, carry on, stick with, abide, be resolute, be stubborn, carry through, endure, follow through, follow up, go all the way, go on, go the limit, grind, hang on, hold on, insist, keep at, keep up, last, leave no stone unturned, linger, live on, obtain, perdure, perseverate, prevail, pursue, recur, refuse to go away, remain, repeat, see through, stay, stick around, stick at, stick it out, stick to guns, strive, tough it out
Antonyms
cease, discontinue, fade away, forget, give up, go, halt, leave, quit, stop
Cross references
perseverecontinuekeep it upkeep oncarry onstick withabidebe resolutebe stubborncarry throughendurefollow throughfollow upgo all the waygo ongo the limitgrindhang onhold oninsistkeep atkeep uplastleave no stone unturnedlingerlive onobtainperdure
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