perseverancenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌpɜː.sɪˈvɪə.rəns/us/ˌpɝː.səˈvɪr.əns/approvingC2 continued effort and determination:
Through hard work and perseverance, he worked his way up to the top.
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Effort and expending energy
- apply
- assiduous
- be running on empty idiom
- bust a gut idiom
- concentrated
- conscientious
- fight
- jump
- mightily
- mind
- overcompensate
- pains
- painstaking
- painstakingly
- shot
- slugger
- strenuous
- thirsty work
- trial and error
- work up sth
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Strength of will and determination