persévérance — meaning in English
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English meaning
- perseverance noun Steady effort to keep doing something despite difficulty or setbacks.
- pluck verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
Senses
persévérance is used for these senses in English:
- perseverance Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
- pluck (informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
pluck — full definition
- verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
- verb To remove feathers from a bird before cooking it.
- verb To sound a string on an instrument by pulling and releasing it with the fingers.
- noun Courage and determination in a difficult situation.