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How to pronounce “persist”
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Pronunciation guide for persist
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of persist with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Legacy in the Making
seems like it'll persist.
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce persist
Legacy in the Making

seems like it'll persist.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “persist”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
- (intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
- (intransitive) To continue to exist.
- (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain.
- (computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent.
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