persisted

[ per-sis-tid, -zis- ]

adjective

1. Computers. (of a record, configuration, value, etc.) written to permanent storage by the scripted process that created it, so that it continues to exist in the same state after the script has finished running:

   Removal of the file results in a loss of all persisted settings at the next server startup.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of persist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of persisted¹

First recorded in 1995–2000, for the adjective; persist ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; persist ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

Example Sentences

In terms of job loss, the longer unemployment persists, the more likely it is to be permanent.

From Washington Post

Major body size changes to other island dwarfs might have also occurred soon after the animals arrived on islands, and just persisted over millennia, Baxter-Gilbert says.

From Science News

Both buy- and sell-side sources remain wary of things worsening, and none are willing to bet on whether the stability that’s marked much of the year’s second half will persist into next year.

From Digiday

These figures do not include the additional cost of rebuilding damaged physical assets or the destruction of shareholder value, which may persist for some time after the shock.

From Fortune

On the other hand, the fact that decreases in the power of alpha waves persisted when the subjects had their eyes closed points to the effect being real, if difficult to understand.

From Nautilus

For passengers, beyond the statistics lies a puzzle that has persisted for years.

From The Daily Beast

I bridled, too, at the unsolicited advice she persisted in giving my friends.

From The Daily Beast

In the early 1900s, African Americans moved to Detroit to escape the inequality and injustice that persisted in the South.

From The Daily Beast

In 1991 you married Kelly Preston, yet still stories persisted that you hit on men in hotel and country club shower rooms.

From The Daily Beast

Yet still gay desires and cultures existed, persisted, and endured.

From The Daily Beast

Her hope persisted until half-past nine: it then began to fade, and, at ten o'clock, was extinct.

From Project Gutenberg

"But I don't quite see that," persisted Spunyarn, strong in his idea that the man who fights a duel is a fool.

From Project Gutenberg

"Thet ain't nuther here nor thar in what we air sayin'," persisted Aunt Ri.

From Project Gutenberg

Whatever was his motive, he persisted in his resolution, and to the end was faithful to his oath.

From Project Gutenberg

They were now quite tractable and never persisted in doing anything against our wishes.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• continue
• endure
• go on
• linger
• persevere
• prevail
• pursue
• recur
• remain