persistence
per|sis|tence /pərs'ɪstəns/
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If you have persistence, you continue to do something even though it is difficult or other people are against it.
Skill comes only with practice, patience and persistence...
= perseverance
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu the N of n
The persistence of something, especially something bad, is the fact of its continuing to exist for a long time.
...an expression of concern at the persistence of inflation and high interest rates.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you have persistence, you continue to do something even though it is difficult or other people are against it.
Skill comes only with practice, patience and persistence...
= perseverance
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu the N of n
The persistence of something, especially something bad, is the fact of its continuing to exist for a long time.
...an expression of concern at the persistence of inflation and high interest rates.