persist in

1. 1.

   do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop

   “We continued our research into the cause of the illness”

   “The landlord persists in asking us to move”

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Questions about persist in

What does persist in mean?

persist in means "do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop".

What is another word for persist in?

Close synonyms include continue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is persist in a common word?

persist in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.