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See Also:

• past tense form of persist.
• past participle of persist.

persisted

American  

[per-sis-tid, -zis-] / pərˈsɪs tɪd, -ˈzɪs- /

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.

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verb

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

Etymology

Origin of persisted

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

The team originally expected Glasnow to avoid the IL altogether, but his back issues have persisted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

But progress is slow, highlighting the difficulty of unraveling a dependency that has persisted for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

It is not the first time the station has had to deal with this problem - the cracks responsible have persisted on and off for around six years.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The distinctive ripple pattern appeared again in observations collected on April 14, showing that the storm's influence on the atmosphere persisted over multiple days.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The two ideas of him, the low and the high, persisted side by side for a long time.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Related Words

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