perseverance

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌpɜrsəˈvɪrəns/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success; persistent determination to continue a course of action in spite of obstacles or discouragement.; Continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition; the quality of being persistent and determined.; In Christian theology, the continued state of grace and salvation of the elect, especially the doctrine that those truly saved will not fall away from grace (perseverance of the saints).; A card game similar to patience or solitaire, in which cards are dealt and arranged in sequences.; The NASA Mars rover that landed in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, designed to seek signs of ancient life and collect rock samples.; In astronomy, a minor planet (asteroid) designated 2925 Perseverance, discovered in 1981.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

show perseverancewith perseverancelack of perseverancedetermination and perseveranceperseverance pays off

Derivatives

persevereperseverantperseveringly

Synonyms

persistencedeterminationtenacitysteadfastnessresolvegrit

Antonyms

apathyirresolutionlaziness

Commonly confused

persistence
EN: 'Persistence' emphasizes continuing despite opposition or refusal; 'perseverance' emphasizes sustained effort over time despite difficulty or delay.
patience
EN: 'Patience' is the ability to wait calmly; 'perseverance' is the act of continuing to try despite obstacles.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse the root 'persever-' with 'preserv-' (as in 'preserve'). Also note the ending is '-ance', not '-ence'.

💬 Examples

  1. Through years of perseverance, she finally completed her doctoral thesis.

  2. The team showed remarkable perseverance in overcoming their early-season losses to win the championship.

  3. Calvinist theology emphasizes the perseverance of the saints as one of the five points of TULIP.

  4. She spent the long winter evenings playing perseverance by the fireside.

  5. Perseverance successfully collected its first rock sample from the Martian surface in September 2021.

  6. The asteroid 2925 Perseverance was named in honor of the quality of persistent determination.