different between determinate vs persist

English

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun) (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m?n?t/
• (verb) (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m?ne?t/

Etymology 1

From Middle English determinate, determynat, determinat, from Latin d?termin?tus, perfect passive participle of d?termin? (“I limit, set bounds”).

Adjective

determinate (not comparable)

1. Distinct, clearly defined. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1668, John Dryden, Essay of Dramatick Poesie

     Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, p. 122, [1]

     […] on account of his responsibility to Norman and Marigold, and on account of his now determinate age, he considered himself ineligible for more dangerous service.

2. Fixed, set, unvarying. [from 16th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:

     hym have ye taken by the hondes of unrightewes persones, after he was delivered by the determinat counsell and foreknowledge of God, and have crucified and slayne hym [...].

   • 1796–7, Mary Wollstonecraft, The Wrongs of Woman, Oxford 2009, p. 107:

     [S]he watched impatiently for the dawn of day, with that determinate purpose which generally insures success.

3. (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
4. Conclusive; decisive; positive.
5. (obsolete) Determined or resolved upon.
6. Of determined purpose; resolute.

   • More determinate to do than skilfull how to do.

Antonyms

• (limited): indeterminate, nondeterminate
• (biology): indeterminate

Derived terms

• determinateness

Related terms

• determinacy
• determination
• determine
• deterministic

Translations

Noun

determinate (plural determinates)

1. (philosophy) A single state of a particular determinable attribute.

Etymology 2

From Middle English determinaten, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

determinate (third-person singular simple present determinates, present participle determinating, simple past and past participle determinated)

1. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to determine.

Esperanto

Adverb

determinate

1. present adverbial passive participle of determini

Italian

Adjective

determinate f pl

1. feminine plural of determinato

Anagrams

• demeritante

Latin

Verb

d?termin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?termin?

English

Etymology

From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??s?st/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??s?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: per?sist

Verb

persist (third-person singular simple present persists, present participle persisting, simple past and past participle persisted)

1. (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
2. (intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
3. (intransitive) To continue to exist.
4. (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain.
5. (computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent.
   • 2006, Marco Bellinaso, ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming

     This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.

   • 2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring

     While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.

Synonyms

• (go on stubbornly or resolutely): persevere; See also Thesaurus:persevere
• (continue to exist): last, remain; See also Thesaurus:persist

Related terms

• persistence / persistency
• persistent

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• Prestis, Sprites, priests, respits, sitreps, spriest, sprites, stirpes, stripes