| verb | persist for a specified period of time “The bad weather lasted for three days” |
| verb | continue to live through hardship or adversity “We went without water and food for 3 days” |
| adjective | continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place “permanent secretary to the president” |
| adjective | existing for a long time “hopes for a durable peace” |
| adjective | retained; not shed “persistent leaves remain attached past maturity” |
| adjective | lasting a long time without change “a lasting relationship” |
| survival | noun | a state of surviving; remaining alive |
| endurance | noun | a state of surviving; remaining alive |
| permanent | noun | a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals |
| permanency | noun | the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration |
| permanence | noun | the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration |
| lastingness | noun | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force |
| durability | noun | permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force |
| persist | verb | stay behind |