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She's a very persistent child — she just never gives up.

lasting for a long time a persistent cough

per . SOn © / 'psrsn / noun [ count ] ( plural peo • ple / ' pipl / ) 1 a man or woman

think she's the best person for the job. We invited a few people to dinner.

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) one of the three types of pronoun in grammar. "I" and "we" are the first person, "you" is the second person, and "he," "she," "it," and "they" are the third person.

in person

seeing someone, not just speaking on the telephone or writing a letter

I want to speak to her in person.

per .son .al ® / psrssnl / adjective

of or for one person

That letter is personal and you have no right to read it. Please keep all your personal belongings with you.

done by a particular person rather than someone who is acting for them

The president made a personal visit to the victim's family.

per • son • al com • pu • ter / psrssni

ksm ' pyutsr / noun [ count ] = PC

per .son .al .i .ty © / ,psrss ' nrelsti / [ count ] ( plural per • son • al .i • ties )

the qualities that a person has that make them different from other people

Mark has a great personality.

a famous person

a television personality

per • son • al • ly / ' psrssnsli / adverb

You say personally when you are saying what you think about something

Personally, I like her, but a lot of people don't.

done by you yourself, and not by someone else acting for you

I will deal with this matter personally.

per • son • al pro • noun / psrssni

prounaun / noun [ count ]

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) any of these pronouns: I, me, she, her, he, him, we, us, you, they, them

per • son • nel / ,psrss 'nel / noun [ plural ]

the people who work for a large business or organization military personnel

per • spec • tive aw / psr ' spektiv /

[ count, noncount ] the ability to think about problems in a sensible way, without making them seem worse than they are

You must try to keep things in perspective (= do not exaggerate them ) .

[ count ] your way of thinking about something Try to look at this from my perspective .

( ART ) [ noncount ] the way of drawing that makes some objects seem farther away than others

per .suade © / psr sweid / verb (per•suades, per•suad - ing ,per•suad ed )

to make someone think or do something by talking to them My friend persuaded me to buy the most expensive pair of jeans.

per • sua • sion / psr' swei3n / noun

[noncount]

the process of making someone think or do something After a lot of persuasion, she agreed to come.

pes • si • mism / ' pessmizsm / noun

[noncount]

thinking that bad things will happen —ANTONYM optimism

pes • si • mist / ' pessmist / noun [ count ] Lisa's such a pessimist.

—ANTONYM optimist

pes • si • mis • tic / ,pess ' mistik / adjective

Don't be so pessimistic — of course it's not going to rain! —ANTONYM optimistic

pest / pest / noun [ count ]

an insect or animal that damages plants or food

( informal ) a person or thing that makes you angry My little sister's a real pest!

pes • ter / ' pestsr / verb ( pes • ters , pes • ter ing , pes • tered )

to make someone a little angry by asking them for something many times

Journalists pestered the neighbors for information.

pes • ti • cide / ' pestasaid / [ count, noncount ]

a chemical substance that is used for killing insects and

other animals that eat plants

The crops are sprayed with pesticide.

—Look at insecticide .

pet Ф / pet / noun [ count ] 1 an animal that you keep in your home

have two pets — a cat and a goldfish.