verb
1 continue doing sth
ADVERB
▪ doggedly , stubbornly
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
If you ~ in upsetting her, I will have to punish you.
▪ with
▪
The detective stubbornly ~ed with his questions.
2 continue to exist
ADVERB
▪ still , to this day
▪
a belief that ~s to this day
▪ indefinitely
VERB + PERSIST
▪ be likely to
▪ tend to
▪ be allowed to
▪
This situation cannot be allowed to ~.
▪ continue to
▪
Drought conditions continue to ~ from Maine to Georgia.
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond
▪
The condition almost always ~s beyond childhood.
▪ despite , in spite of
▪
The trade network ~ed in spite of the political chaos.
▪ during
▪
the problems that ~ed during the three-day conference
▪ for
▪
If symptoms ~ for more than a few days, see a doctor.
▪ into
▪
These practices ~ed into the Middle Ages.
▪ through , throughout
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The depression ~ed through much of the 1930s.
▪ until
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The snows ~ed until the second month of the new year.
Persist is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ attitude , ↑ belief , ↑ condition , ↑ controversy , ↑ doubt , ↑ inequality , ↑ myth , ↑ pain , ↑ problem , ↑ rumour , ↑ symptom