Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of persist

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  persist
      v 1: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of
           Elvis endures" [syn: {prevail}, {persist}, {die hard},
           {run}, {endure}]
      2: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every
         night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" [syn:
         {persevere}, {persist}, {hang in}, {hang on}, {hold on}]
      3: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
         remained long after they made up" [syn: {persist}, {remain},
         {stay}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler