different between immovable vs persistent

English

Alternative forms

• immoveable

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to im- +? movable.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??mu?v?b(?)l/

Adjective

immovable (comparative more immovable, superlative most immovable)

1. incapable of being physically moved; fixed
2. steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 101:

     I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable.

3. not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive
   • 1690, John Dryden, Epistle Dedicatory to Don Sebastian

     How much happier is he […] who ent'ring on himself remains immovable, and smiles at the madness of the Dance

4. (law) not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed

Antonyms

• movable

Related terms

Translations

Noun

immovable (plural immovables)

1. that which can not be moved; something which is immovable

Translations

References

• immovable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Latin persist?ns, present participle of persist? (“to continue steadfastly”). Synchronically analyzable as persist +? -ent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??s?st?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??s?st?nt/
• Hyphenation: per?sis?tent

Adjective

persistent (comparative more persistent, superlative most persistent)

1. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.

   She has had a persistent cough for weeks.
2. Insistently repetitive.

   There was a persistent knocking on the door.

3. Indefinitely continuous.

   There have been persistent rumours for years.

4. (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.

   Pine cones have persistent scales.
5. (computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.

   Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.

6. (mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
7. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• pinsetters, presentist, prettiness, serpentist

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin persist?ns.

Adjective

persistent (masculine and feminine plural persistents)

1. persistent

Derived terms

• persistentment

Related terms

• persistència
• persistir

Further reading

• “persistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “persistent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “persistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “persistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: persiste, persistes

Verb

persistent

1. third-person plural present indicative of persister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of persister

Latin

Verb

persistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of persist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French persistant.

Adjective

persistent m or n (feminine singular persistent?, masculine plural persisten?i, feminine and neuter plural persistente)

1. persistent

Declension