persistence.

1. Continuing effort or commitment despite obstacles, difficulty, or discouragement.

2. The continuing presence or existence of something over time.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• patient persistence
• persistence in a task

On the page

Her persistence brought the missing records to light after every official request had failed.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common.