IELTS Anvil

perseverance

CEFR: C1

Continued, dedicated effort to achieve something despite difficulties, repeated failures, or physical hardships.

Synonyms

tenacity
doggedness
persistence

Common Collocations

dogged perseverance
require perseverance
reward perseverance

Example Sentence

Cyrus Field’s perseverance over five failed Atlantic cable expeditions culminated in permanent intercontinental communication in eighteen sixty-six.

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