DETERMINATION

PERSISTENT /pəˈsɪstənt/ (adj).

# Determined to do something despite difficulties, especially when other people are against you and think that you are being annoying or unreasonable.

How do you deal with persistent salesmen who won't take no for an answer?

A persistent offender (= a person who continues to commit crimes after they have been caught and punished)

She can be very persistent when she wants something.

PERSEVERE /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪə(r)/ (v).

# Continue trying to do or achieve something despite difficulties.

Persevere (in something/ in doing something): Despite a number of setbacks, they persevered in their attempts to fly around the world in a balloon.

Persevere (with something/ somebody): You have to persevere with difficult students.

PERSEVERANCE /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪərəns/ (n).

# [Uncountable] (approving) the quality of continuing to try to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties.

They showed great perseverance in the face of difficulty.

The only way to improve is through hard work and dogged perseverance.

PERSEVERING /ˌpɜːsəˈvɪərɪŋ/ (adj).

# [Usually before noun] (approving) showing determination to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties.

A few persevering climbers finally reached the top.

DOGGED /ˈdɔːɡɪd/ (adj).

# [usually before noun] (approving) showing determination; not giving up easily.

Dogged determination/ persistence.

Their dogged defence of the city.

TENACIOUS /təˈneɪʃəs/ (adj).

# That does not stop holding something or give up something easily; determined.

A tenacious grip.

She's a tenacious woman. She never gives up.

DETERMINED /dɪˈtɜːmɪnd/ (adj).

# If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and you will not let anyone prevent you.

I'm determined to succeed.

A determined effort to stop smoking.

The proposal had been dropped in the face of determined opposition.

BOUND AND DETERMINED (idiom).

# Very determined to do something.

I came here bound and determined to put the last 12 months behind me (adv).

DETERMINATION /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn/ (n).

# [Uncountable] The quality that makes you continue trying to do something even when this is difficult.

Determination to do something: I admire her determination to get it right.

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