Something that persists / (biology) Any organism that survives a period of extreme conditions, such as winter or is tolerant of normal antibiotics

plural of persister

Obstinately refusing to give up or let go. / Insistently repetitive. / Indefinitely continuous. / (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.

(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely. / (intransitive) To repeat an utterance. / (intransitive) To continue to exist. / (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain.

simple past tense and past participle of persist

The property of being persistent. / (computer science) Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.

In a persistent manner.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of persist

present participle of persist

persistence