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To be the same through time.

Persist (verb) means: To be the same through time. It emerges from time, pattern: A pattern compared with itself across time matches. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 1, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

persist.continue · forms: persist, persisted, persisting, persists, remain, remains, stay, stays, still

Examples

Emergence

from: time pattern
through: A pattern compared with itself across time matches.

Chain to foundations

persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
full chain as text (3 steps)

Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 120 more not shownbuilt fromevolutionL2evolution.biological — change that persists through time and differs from before, with regular differences that repeat over timeexampleL2example.temporal — a thing that persists through time more than most thingsliveL2live.biological — to be a matter that persists through time and can changephysicalL2physical.material — it is matter that is in space and persists through timerealL2real.actual — a thing that is in space and persists through timerobustnessL2robustness.resilient — That which persists through change and difference.stateL2state.condition — a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placestuffL2stuff.material — things that are matter and remain in space through timepersistL1persist.continue — To be the same through time.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0pattern.regularity — That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.

Used by (128)

evolutionL2exampleL2liveL2physicalL2realL2robustnessL2stateL2stuffL2adaptationL3conditionL3freeL3organizedL3settingL3homeL4makeL4modularityL4newL4objectL4parameterL4carryingL5heldL5in syncL5keepL5needL5significanceL5continueL6machineL6peopleL6photoL6securityL6supportL6cityL7connectsL7familyL7historyL7windowL7businessL8freedomL8ambushL9capacityL9gone too farL9point of no returnL9setL9thresholdL9establishesL10hotelL10respectL10storeL10truthL10englishL11satL11selectionL11visitL11breaking pointL12brinkL12locked inL12marginalL12moderationL12strainL12substanceL12symmetry versus regularity licenceL12transformationL12gasL13loveL13metalL13stressL13coherenceL14institutional memoryL14on the groundL14plate is fullL14resistL14waterL14burned bridgesL15checkmateL15controlL15denialL15exhaustionL15factor of safetyL15feature creepL15flywheel effectL15fullL15gut feelingL15healthyL15identityL15in too deepL15interregnumL15legacy codeL15lifeL15liquidL15neglectL15obsoleteL15open secretL15privacyL15reality checkL15reinventing yourselfL15sanity checkL15the ship has sailedL15track recordL15abstractionL16essenceL16fragilityL16hunger for changeL16overthinkL16playing within yourselfL16sleepL16social capitalL16the long tailL16whose time has comeL16bedL17high levelL17ick factorL17ancientL18complexL18crossed the lineL18keystoneL18necessityL18out of touchL18pressureL18pureL18relief rallyL18slackL18healthL19single point of failureL19the compression claimL19wellL20impostor syndromeL21rememberL21habitL23

Relations

contrasts-withchange.processpersistence is the match case, change the mismatch case, of the same comparison

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 1.0