how to pronounce persevere

/pɚsəˈvɪɹ/

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persevere is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of persevere in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and we have continued to persevere and …”

meanings of persevere

verb:

To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
To stay constant; to continue in a certain state; to remain.

persevere frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word persevere occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics persevere can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that persevere can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;