{
    "term": "persistent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "determined to do something despite difficulties, especially when other people are against you and think that you are being annoying or unreasonable",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How do you deal with persistent salesmen who won't take no for an answer?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **persistent offender** *(= a person who continues to commit crimes after they have been caught and punished)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She can be very persistent when she wants something."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Beware of these people's persistent sales techniques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He introduced a plan for dealing with persistent offenders."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "incredibly", "really"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "continuing for a long period of time, or repeated frequently, especially in a way that is annoying and cannot be stopped",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Persistent heavy rain held up work on the bridge for more than a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The most common symptom is a persistent cough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can’t take much more of this persistent criticism."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He resigned over persistent rumours of his affair with an actress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Famine is a persistent problem in many parts of the world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weeds were very persistent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stubbornly persistent unemployment problem"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Conflict is a common and persistent feature of society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ear problems that are particularly painful or persistent should always be checked."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He resigned over persistent rumours of his part in the scandal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Persistent pressure from the water authority forced the company to comply with the rules."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Poor maths teaching was a persistent problem in schools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The problem of persistent shortages of food was turning into a crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a persistent tendency for wage costs to continue to rise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were persistent reports of gross human rights abuses."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "unrelenting",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "incredibly", "really"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈsɪstənt/",
                "audio": "pe/persistent/persistent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pərˈsɪstənt/",
                "audio": "pe/persistent/persistent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}