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Meaning of "perseverate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSEVERATE

perseverate  [pəˈsevəˌreɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSEVERATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perseverate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb perseverate in English.

WHAT DOES PERSEVERATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of perseverate in the English dictionary

The definition of perseverate in the dictionary is to reiterate to excess or when original impetus no longer applies.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERSEVERATE

PRESENT

Present
I perseverate
you perseverate
he/she/it perseverates
we perseverate
you perseverate
they perseverate
Present continuous
I am perseverating
you are perseverating
he/she/it is perseverating
we are perseverating
you are perseverating
they are perseverating
Present perfect
I have perseverated
you have perseverated
he/she/it has perseverated
we have perseverated
you have perseverated
they have perseverated
Present perfect continuous
I have been perseverating
you have been perseverating
he/she/it has been perseverating
we have been perseverating
you have been perseverating
they have been perseverating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I perseverated
you perseverated
he/she/it perseverated
we perseverated
you perseverated
they perseverated
Past continuous
I was perseverating
you were perseverating
he/she/it was perseverating
we were perseverating
you were perseverating
they were perseverating
Past perfect
I had perseverated
you had perseverated
he/she/it had perseverated
we had perseverated
you had perseverated
they had perseverated
Past perfect continuous
I had been perseverating
you had been perseverating
he/she/it had been perseverating
we had been perseverating
you had been perseverating
they had been perseverating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will perseverate
you will perseverate
he/she/it will perseverate
we will perseverate
you will perseverate
they will perseverate
Future continuous
I will be perseverating
you will be perseverating
he/she/it will be perseverating
we will be perseverating
you will be perseverating
they will be perseverating
Future perfect
I will have perseverated
you will have perseverated
he/she/it will have perseverated
we will have perseverated
you will have perseverated
they will have perseverated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been perseverating
you will have been perseverating
he/she/it will have been perseverating
we will have been perseverating
you will have been perseverating
they will have been perseverating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would perseverate
you would perseverate
he/she/it would perseverate
we would perseverate
you would perseverate
they would perseverate
Conditional continuous
I would be perseverating
you would be perseverating
he/she/it would be perseverating
we would be perseverating
you would be perseverating
they would be perseverating
Conditional perfect
I would have perseverate
you would have perseverate
he/she/it would have perseverate
we would have perseverate
you would have perseverate
they would have perseverate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been perseverating
you would have been perseverating
he/she/it would have been perseverating
we would have been perseverating
you would have been perseverating
they would have been perseverating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you perseverate
we let´s perseverate
you perseverate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to perseverate
Past participle
perseverated
Present Participle
perseverating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERSEVERATE


accelerate
ækˈsɛləˌreɪt
asseverate
əˈsɛvəˌreɪt
collaborate
kəˈlæbəˌreɪt
commemorate
kəˈmɛməˌreɪt
cooperate
kəʊˈɒpəˌreɪt
decorate
ˈdɛkəˌreɪt
degenerate
dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
deteriorate
dɪˈtɪərɪəˌreɪt
evaporate
ɪˈvæpəˌreɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
incorporate
ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
liberate
ˈlɪbəˌreɪt
operate
ˈɒpəˌreɪt
proliferate
prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt
refrigerate
rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪt
regenerate
rɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
reiterate
riːˈɪtəˌreɪt
separate
ˈsɛpəˌreɪt
stearate
ˈstɪəˌreɪt
tolerate
ˈtɒləˌreɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSEVERATE

persecutee
persecution
persecution complex
persecutive
persecutor
persecutory
Persei
Perseid
perseity
Persephone
Persepolis
Perseus
perseverance
perseverant
perseveration
perseverative
perseverator
persevere
persevering
perseveringly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSEVERATE

accurate
commiserate
computer literate
confederate
conglomerate
considerate
deliberate
derate
desiderate
desperate
enumerate
eviscerate
exaggerate
exasperate
illiterate
incarcerate
iterate
literate
moderate
recuperate
temperate

Synonyms and antonyms of perseverate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «perseverate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSEVERATE

Find out the translation of perseverate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of perseverate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perseverate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

perseverate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perseverate
570 millions of speakers

English

perseverate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

perseverate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

perseverate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

perseverate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perseverate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতি-প্রলম্বিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perseverate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

perseverate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

perseverate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

perseverate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Persis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

perseverate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

perseverate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धीर देणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tekrarlayıp durmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perseverate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perseverate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

perseverate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

persevera
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιμένεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perseverate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perseverate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

perseverate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perseverate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSEVERATE»

The term «perseverate» is normally little used and occupies the 147.895 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSEVERATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perseverate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSEVERATE»

Discover the use of perseverate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perseverate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Language Structure, Discourse, and the Access to Consciousness
First, in terms of the CCC Theory, 3-year-olds perseverate on a pair or rules such as, "Red ones go here; Blue ones go there." They represent and continue to use the pre-switch rules even though they know the post-switch rules. This claim can  ...
Maksim Stamenov, 1997
2
Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Infants in the two other conditions, who reached only twice to A, did not reliably perseverate. They reached back to A only 30% of the time. It did not matter whether infants had been taught to uncover the toy in the center. What mattered was the ...
Charles Alexander Nelson, Monica Luciana, 2001
3
Issues in Development and Developmental Disorders: 2011 Edition
A new study, 'Children perseverate to a human's actions but not to a robot's actions,' is now available. According to recent research published in the journal Developmental Science, “Previous research has shown that young children commit ...
‎2012
4
Issues in Educational Science and Technology: 2013 Edition
University. of. Kentucky,. Lexington: Midsession. reversal. learning: why. do. pigeons. anticipate. and. perseverate? By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Letter — Researchers detail new data in Learning Science and ...
‎2013
5
Emotion Regulation and Well-Being
Perseverate: Perseverative. Cognition. as. the. Default. Response. to. Potential. Threat. to. Goal. Attainment. The essence of PC is to keep attention directed towards one's goals, to anticipate threats to goal attainment and, in the case of ...
Ivan Nyklíček, Ad Vingerhoets, Marcel Zeelenberg, 2010
6
Connectionist Models of Development: Developmental Processes ...
However, ifthe towelsare switched so that thetowel that wasto theinfants' left(e.g. with the toy on it)is now to the infants' right,they perseverate, continuing to pull the towel on the same sideas before, although it does not yield the toy (Aguiar ...
Philip T. Quinlan, 2004
7
Linguistic Disorders and Pathologies: An International Handbook
The first occurrence of the perseverate may be inappropriate. For instance, one day Buckingham's patient (1985) was asked to name the picture of a hand. She responded with more drink, drink. The word drink perseverated throughout the rest ...
Gerhard Blanken, Jürgen Dittmann, Hannelore Grimm, 1993
8
Movement and Action in Learning and Development: Clinical ...
Why do infants perseverate in this reaching task? We proposed that this behavior was dynamically emergent from a confluence of the multiple factors that produce reaching in general. We have been systematically testing these factors.
Ida J. Stockman, 2004
9
American Normal: The Hidden World of Asperger Syndrome
Far more significant, they pointed out, was that thousands, perhaps millions, of people had gone undiagnosed. “There may be millions of them out there,” said the pale mother of two. “I wonder about my own relatives. A lot of them perseverate.
Lawrence Osborne, 2002
10
Alcohol and Tobacco: Medical and Sociological Aspects of ...
perseverate. Fig. 9 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Diagnostic Criteria The criteria. Fig. 8 Alcohol and Problem solving strategies Short-term intoxicated rats in the relearning Morris Water Maze Test Fig. 11 CAGE questionnaire (Mayfield D et al.
Otto-Michael Lesch, Henriette Walter, Christian Wetschka, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSEVERATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perseverate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity
Prefrontal lesions cause rats to perseverate and adhere to the previously learned rule (e.g., Dietrich, Taylor, & Passmore, 2001). Given that ... «h+ Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Striking the Right Balance: From Manager to CEO
So, gather information, but don't perseverate. Make a decision and move on. As a first time founder and CEO, these insights guide me on a ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Fear of the spotlight: One woman's year-long journey to understand …
... “I broke up with my boyfriend, and he said this, and he was so mean to me,” you just kind of obsess and perseverate and overanalyze. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
4
What You Need to Know About Canada's Proposed Nutrition Label …
Continuing to perseverate on "sugar" and "calories" perpetuates the vilification of individual nutrients which by themselves, don't dictate the ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jun 15»
5
How to Be Ridiculously in Charge of Your Life
We perseverate on whether we sounded stupid or whiny in that meeting last week at work, or whether we should have sent that email. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
6
Autism Speaks' Housing Initiative
Where he will one day reside is something I perseverate over; I have even begun to research options in other states, and found the landscape ... «Patch.com, May 15»
7
Unseen agony: Dismantling autism's house of pain
Perhaps because of an autism-related tendency to perseverate, he's unable to distract himself from his discomfort by going about his daily ... «SFARI News, May 15»
8
Jane Fonda: How I Got Here
My family actually once had a coat of arms that said “Perseverate”—persevere. I do not give up. I never felt I was good enough, smart enough or ... «Parade, May 15»
9
Driving While Indian: A Refresher Course
Autism often causes folks to perseverate or repeat thoughts long after stimulating events have ceased. Rosa perseverated about the traffic stop ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
10
25 Signs You Have a Terrible Relationship With Food
Then they eat it, and promptly forget about it — they don't perseverate for days and days. 7. You feel ashamed when you eat something you're ... «Cosmopolitan.com, May 15»

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