persistent — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.

   Esempi

   She has had a persistent cough for weeks.

   Altri esempi (1)

   The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.

2. Insistently repetitive.

   Esempi

   There was a persistent knocking on the door.

3. Indefinitely continuous.

   Esempi

   There have been persistent rumours for years.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Although many individuals seek meaningful social connection, they face persistent barriers to sustaining relationships, including communication difficulties, social rejection, loneliness, and limited social opportunities (Elmose, 2019; Mendelson et al., 2016; Sosnowy et al., 2019). The gap between social motivation and real-life opportunities for social interaction may contribute to persistent social isolation in this population.

4. Lasting past maturity without falling off.

   Esempi

   Pine cones have persistent scales.

   Altri esempi (1)

   The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule, usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some Frullania taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the lobules, and Neohattoria has caducous lobules but persistent lobes.

5. Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.

   Esempi

   Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.

6. Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function

7. non-transient.

   Uso

   • of a state

Aggettivo

1. never-ceasing

   Sinonimi

   relentlessunrelenting

   Esempi

   the relentless beat of the drums

2. continually recurring to the mind

   Sinonimi

   haunting

   Esempi

   haunting memories

3. retained; not shed

   Sinonimi

   lasting

   Contrari

   caducous

   Esempi

   persistent leaves remain attached past maturity

   the persistent gills of fishes

4. stubbornly unyielding

   Sinonimi

   doggeddourpertinacioustenaciousunyielding

   Esempi

   dogged persistence

   dour determination

   Altri esempi (2)

   the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics

   men tenacious of opinion