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Persistence Pronunciation
Persistence is pronounced per-SI-stuhns, IPA /pɝˈsɪstəns/.
per-SI-stuhns
US /pɝˈsɪstəns/ · UK /pəˈsɪstəns/
Syllables: per · SI · stuhns (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The quality of continuing with something despite difficulty.
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Persistence in a Sentence
- Her persistence eventually got an answer.
- The persistence of the fault surprised the engineers.
- Persistence matters more than talent here.
Common Mispronunciations of Persistence
Not PER-si-stuhns
SI in the middle is the loud beat and the opening per all but vanishes.
Not per-SI-stents
An ence ending has no clear vowel, so it runs stuhns and never sounds like tents.
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