Hyphenation of persist

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word persist? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

per-sist

Definitions of persist:

1.	Continue to exist These stories die hard The legend of Elvis endures
2.	Be persistent, refuse to stop He persisted to call me every night The child persisted and kept asking questions
3.	Stay behind The smell stayed in the room The hostility remained long after they made up

Synonyms of persist:

verb	prevail, die hard, run, endure, continue
verb	persevere, hang in, hang on, hold on, continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
verb	remain, stay

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.