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# perseverance

noun (perseverance, uncountable)

«perseverance» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Keeping on trying to do something even when it is hard, or when you fail at first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#m1)
2. (church) Christians speak of perseverance in faith: keeping faith through hard times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school perseverance is a learning value: practise reading, keep going with tricky maths, don't give up. In stories heroes succeed through perseverance. In Bible lessons Paul writes that suffering produces perseverance. Phrases: «show perseverance», «with perseverance», «perseverance pays off», «award for perseverance».

### Examples

- She learned to ride her bike through perseverance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#x1)
- Our class has a star for perseverance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#x2)
- Perseverance pays off: keep practising! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#x3)
- The spider's perseverance inspired Robert the Bruce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#x4)
- It took great perseverance to finish the marathon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#x5)
- Learning the piano needs patience and perseverance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#x6)
- "Your brothers can be released," said she, "if you have only courage and perseverance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Verb: persevere (with, in). Stress: per-se-VEER-ance. Spelling trap: perseverance (no «r» after the second e): not «perserverance». Similar: persistence, determination, grit.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perseverance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perseverance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perseverance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perseverance.html) on Mova free.