{
    "term": "persist",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "persist",
            "heSheIt": "persists"
        },
        "pastSimple": "persisted",
        "pastParticiple": "persisted",
        "ingForm": "persisting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to continue to do something despite difficulties or opposition, in a way that can seem unreasonable",
            "sensetop": "persist in doing somethingpersist in somethingpersist with something+ speech",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Why do you persist in blaming yourself for what happened?",
                    "contextForm": "persist in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She persisted in her search for the truth.",
                    "contextForm": "persist in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He persisted with his questioning.",
                    "contextForm": "persist with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘So, did you agree or not?’ he persisted.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you persist in upsetting her, I will have to punish you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The detective stubbornly persisted with his questions."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["doggedly", "stubbornly"],
                "preposition": ["in", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to continue to exist",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The belief that the earth was flat persisted for many centuries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If the symptoms persist, consult your doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If symptoms persist for more than a few days, see a doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The condition almost always persists beyond childhood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The depression persisted through much of the 1930s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The snows persisted until the second month of the new year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trade network persisted in spite of the political chaos."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These practices persisted into the Middle Ages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This situation cannot be allowed to persist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a belief that persists to this day"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the problems that persisted during the three-day conference"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["still", "to this day", "indefinitely"],
                "verb + persist": ["be likely to", "tend to", "be allowed to"],
                "preposition": ["beyond", "despite", "in spite of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsɪst/",
                "audio": "pe/persist/persist__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsɪsts/",
                "audio": "pe/persist/persists__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsɪstɪd/",
                "audio": "pe/persist/persisted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsɪstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pe/persist/persisting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsɪst/",
                "audio": "pe/persist/persist__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsɪsts/",
                "audio": "pe/persist/persists__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsɪstɪd/",
                "audio": "pe/persist/persisted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsɪstɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pe/persist/persisting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin persistere, from per- ‘through, steadfastly’ + sistere ‘to stand’."
}