perseverance

«perseverance» in Mova's school dictionary: Keeping on trying to do something even when it is hard… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (perseverance, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Keeping on trying to do something even when it is hard, or when you fail at first. tree →

2) (church) Christians speak of perseverance in faith: keeping faith through hard times. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school perseverance is a learning value: practise reading, keep going with tricky maths, don't give up. In stories heroes succeed through perseverance. In Bible lessons Paul writes that suffering produces perseverance. Phrases: «show perseverance», «with perseverance», «perseverance pays off», «award for perseverance».

examples

• She learned to ride her bike through perseverance. tree →
• Our class has a star for perseverance. tree →
• Perseverance pays off: keep practising! tree →
• The spider's perseverance inspired Robert the Bruce. tree →
• It took great perseverance to finish the marathon. tree →
• Learning the piano needs patience and perseverance. tree →
• "Your brothers can be released," said she, "if you have only courage and perseverance. tree →

note

Uncountable. Verb: persevere (with, in). Stress: per-se-VEER-ance. Spelling trap: perseverance (no «r» after the second e): not «perserverance». Similar: persistence, determination, grit.

In the corpora

• Perseverance means keeping going when things are difficult.
• The rover Perseverance carried a small helicopter called Ingenuity, which flew on Mars, the first powered flight on another planet.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «perseverance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.