Persist and Turn

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Persist

Persist verb - To continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.
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Synonyms for Persist
Antonyms for Persist
Turn is an antonym for persist.

Turn

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.
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Synonyms for Turn
Antonyms for Turn
Persist is an antonym for turn in topics: reverse, adapt.
Nearby Words: turned, turning
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Common collocations

head persist head turn head
friends persist friends turn friends

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Life Support Turn of the Millennium: Satirised a lot of the issues relevant in Australia at the time (some of which, depressingly, persist to this day).
    Source: Series / Life Support
  • The FOX version of Family Double Dare was MIA on Nick GaS (rumors persist that one episode aired in its early days, but any evidence of this has yet to turn up).
    Source: Missing Episode / Game Shows
  • Both Aribeth in Neverwinter Nights and Bastila in Knights of the Old Republic insist you kill them, as they have come too far to turn back to the good side if you persist in trying.
    Source: Get It Over With
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Antonyms for persist


Antonyms for turn

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