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persevere
English
Alternative forms
- perservere
- persever
Etymology
From Old French perseverer, from Latin perseverare (“to continue steadfastly, persist, persevere”), from perseverus (“very strict or earnest”), from per (“through, by the means of”) + severus (“strict, earnest”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
persevere (third-person singular simple present perseveres, present participle persevering, simple past and past participle persevered)
- (intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 5:
- I will persevere in
- my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore
- between that and my blood.
- 1817, Jane Austen, Persuasion, ch. 1:
- Sir Walter had sought the acquaintance, and though his overtures had not been met with any warmth, he had persevered in seeking it.
- c. 1918, P. G. Wodehouse, "The Agonies of Writing a Musical Comedy":
- He is a trifle discouraged, but he perseveres.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 5:
- (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To stay constant; to continue in a certain state; to remain.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:persevere
Related terms
- perseverance
- perseverant
Translations
Further reading
- persevere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- persevere in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- persevere at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- repreeves
Portuguese
Verb
persevere
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of perseverar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of perseverar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of perseverar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of perseverar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe?se?be?e/, [pe?.se???e.?e]
Verb
persevere
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of perseverar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of perseverar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of perseverar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of perseverar.
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push
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare, frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus) "to beat, strike". Doublet of pulsate. Displaced native Middle English thrucchen ("to push"; > Modern English thrutch) (from Old English þryccan (“to push”)), Middle English scauten (“to push, thrust”) (from Old Norse skota), Middle English thuden, thudden (“to push, press, thrust”) (from Old English þ?dan, þyddan (“to thrust, press, push”)). Partially displaced Middle English schoven (“to push, shove”) (from Old English scofian), Middle English schuven (“to shove, push”) (from Old English sc?fan, sc?ofan (“to shove, push, thrust”))
Pronunciation
- enPR: po?osh, IPA(key): /p??/
- (Appalachian) IPA(key): [pu?]
- IPA(key): [p???]
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
push (third-person singular simple present pushes, present participle pushing, simple past and past participle pushed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- (transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
- December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
- We are pushed for an answer.
- December 22, 1711, letter to The Spectator
- Ambition […] pushes the soul to such actions as are apt to procure honour and reputation to the actor.
- December 7, 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 18
- (transitive) To press or urge forward; to drive.
- to push his fortune
- (transitive) To continually promote (a point of view, a product for sale, etc.).
- (intransitive) To continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal.
- (informal, transitive) To approach; to come close to.
- (= he's nearly sixty years old)
- (intransitive) To tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- (intransitive) To continue to attempt to persuade a person into a particular course of action.
- To make a higher bid at an auction.
- (poker) To make an all-in bet.
- (chess, transitive) To move (a pawn) directly forward.
- (computing) To add (a data item) to the top of a stack.
- (computing) To publish (an update, etc.) by transmitting it to other computers.
- (obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
- If the ox shall push a manservant or maidservant, […] the ox shall be stoned.
- To burst out of its pot, as a bud or shoot.
- (snooker) To strike the cue ball in such a way that it stays in contact with the cue and object ball at the same time (a foul shot).
Synonyms
- (transitive: apply a force to (an object) so it moves away): press, shove, thrutch
- (continue to attempt to persuade): press, urge
- (continue to promote): press, advertise, promote
- (come close to): approach, near
- (intransitive: apply force to an object so that it moves away): press, shove, thring
- (tense the muscles in the abdomen in order to expel its contents): bear down
Antonyms
- (apply a force to something so it moves away): draw, pull, tug
- (put onto a stack): pop
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- pedal pushers
- push it
Translations
Noun
push (countable and uncountable, plural pushes)
- A short, directed application of force; an act of pushing.
- An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents.
- A great effort (to do something).
- An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
- (military) A marching or drill maneuver/manoeuvre performed by moving a formation (especially a company front) forward or toward the audience, usually to accompany a dramatic climax or crescendo in the music.
- A wager that results in no loss or gain for the bettor as a result of a tie or even score
- (computing) The addition of a data item to the top of a stack.
- (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a server sends data to a client without waiting for a request.
- (slang, Britain, obsolete, now chiefly Australia) A particular crowd or throng or people.
- 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
- Till some wild, excited person
- Galloped down the township cursing,
- "Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson,
- Roll up, Dandaloo!"
- 1994, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage 2015, p. 37:
- My father […] was soon as unambiguously Australian as any other member of the rough Rugby pushes that in the years before the Great War made up the mixed and liverly world of South Brisbane.
- 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo
- (snooker) A foul shot in which the cue ball is in contact with the cue and the object ball at the same time
Derived terms
- give someone the push
- push factor
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably French poche. See pouch.
Pronunciation
Noun
push (plural pushes)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A pustule; a pimple.
- Template:RQ:Bacon Of Praise
- a Push rise upon his Nose
- Template:RQ:Bacon Of Praise
References
- push in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- push at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- PHUs, Phus, shup
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *puša, from *puksja, from Proto-Indo-European *pewk- (“covered with hair, bushy”). Related to Sanskrit ????? (púccha, “tail”), Proto-Slavic *pux? (“down”).
Noun
push m (indefinite plural pusha, definite singular pushi, definite plural pushat)
- light hair, fluff, down, nap, pile
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