Overview of verb persist

The verb persist has 3 senses

• prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure -- (continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures")


• persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on -- (be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions")


• persist, remain, stay -- (stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up")

Overview of adj persisting

The adj persisting has 1 sense

• dogging, persisting -- (relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears")