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perseverance

  (pûr'sə-vîr'əns) pronunciation
n.
  1. Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness.
  2. Christianity. The Calvinistic doctrine that those who have been chosen by God will continue in a state of grace to the end and will finally be saved.

 
 
Thesaurus: perseverance

noun

    The state or quality of being insistent: insistence, insistency, persistence, persistency. See continue/stop/pause.

 
Antonyms: perseverance

n

Definition: diligence, hard work
Antonyms: apathy, idleness, indolence, laziness, lethargy


 
Devil's Dictionary: perseverance
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

    "Persevere, persevere!" cry the homilists all,
    Themselves, day and night, persevering to bawl.
    "Remember the fable of tortoise and hare --
    The one at the goal while the other is -- where?"
    Why, back there in Dreamland, renewing his lease
    Of life, all his muscles preserving the peace,
    The goal and the rival forgotten alike,
    And the long fatigue of the needless hike.
    His spirit a-squat in the grass and the dew
    Of the dogless Land beyond the Stew,
    He sleeps, like a saint in a holy place,
    A winner of all that is good in a race.
                                                          Sukker Uffro


 
Word Tutor: perseverance
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Continual determination.

pronunciation Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. — Julie Andrews

 
Wikipedia: Perseverance (solitaire)

Perseverance is a solitaire card game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. The reason is not known for the name is not known, but probably, the player must play this game with perseverance to succeed.

First, the four aces are taken out of the deck. These form the four foundations.

Then the rest are shuffled and dealt into twelve piles of four cards each. One can distribute one card at a time for each pile or deal four cards at a time to form a pile.

The top cards of each pile are available for play to the foundations or on the tableau piles. The foundations are built up by suit, with the cards on the tableau are built down, also by suit.

One card can be moved at a time. However, the player is allowed to move a sequence of cards as a unit to another pile with an appropriate card (e.g. 6-5-4-3♠ can be placed on the 7♠).

When all possible moves are made (or the player has done all the possible moves one can make), the piles are picked up in reverse order. For example, the twelfth pile is placed over the eleventh pile, and this new pile is placed on the tenth pile, and so on. Then, without shuffling, the cards are dealt to as many piles of four as the remaining decks will allow. To ensure that the order of the cards is not disturbed for the most part, it is suggested that the cards are dealt four at time. This can be done only twice (in Solsuite's case, this can be done perpetually until the game is won or becomes blocked).

The game is won successfully when all cards are built onto the foundations up to Kings.


 
Translations: Translations for: Perseverance

Dansk (Danish)
n. - udholdenhed, ihærdighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
volharding, door- zettingsvermogen

Français (French)
n. - persévérance

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beharrlichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εμμονή, καρτερικότητα, επιμονή, καρτερία, εγκαρτέρηση

Italiano (Italian)
perseveranza, costanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - perseverança (f)

Русский (Russian)
настойчивость

Español (Spanish)
n. - perseverancia, tenacidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uthållighet, framhärdande

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
毅力, 不屈不挠, 忍耐

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 毅力, 不屈不撓, 忍耐

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인내, 불굴, 악착스러움

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 忍耐, 窮極の救済

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مواظبه على, مثابرة على, دأب على العمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התמדה, שקדנות‬


 
 

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