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# persevere

verb (persevere, perseveres, persevered, persevering)

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

## Everyday

To keep trying to do something even when it is difficult or you fail at first, and not give up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#m1)

### In the lessons

In school, perseverance is a learning value: you persevere with a hard maths problem, a new instrument or a spelling list. In stories, heroes persevere through trouble. Often "persevere with" something or "persevere in" doing it. Similar: keep going, don't give up, stick at it.

### Examples

- If you persevere with your reading, it will get easier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x1)
- She failed her swimming test twice but persevered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x2)
- The explorers persevered through snow and ice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x3)
- Persevere with the puzzle; you're nearly there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x4)
- He persevered and finally learned to ride a bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x5)
- Scientists persevere through many failed experiments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x6)
- He set to work and persevered till he invented the first boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Spelling trap: persevere (not "perservere"). Pronounced "pur-suh-VEER". Noun: perseverance; adjective: persevering. Mars rover "Perseverance" landed in 2021.

## On Mova

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