Meaning

4 senses
  1. Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.

    fest haftend, festklebend, klebrig

    вя́зкийvjázkij, ли́пкийlípkij, кле́йкийkléjkij

    чіпкийčipkyj, липкийlypkyj

  2. Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.

    hartnäckig, beharrlich, zäh

    упря́мыйuprjámyj, упо́рныйupórnyj, насто́йчивыйnastójčivyj

    непоступливийnepostuplyvyj, наполегливийnapolehlyvyj, впертийvpertyj

  3. Holding together; cohesive.

    zusammenhaftend

    связующийsvjazujuščij

    sticking together

  4. Having a good memory; retentive.

    gedächtnisstark

    кре́пкийkrépkij, це́пкийcépkij

    good at remembering

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Tom was tenacious.

    ruТом был настойчив.

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  2. Victory belongs to the most tenacious.

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  3. Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.

    ruМетафоры запоминаются намного лучше фактов.

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  4. Tom is tenacious, isn't he?

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  5. Sami was a tenacious person.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
clinging to an object or surface; adhesive:
unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged:
Русский
By meaning 4
clinging to an object or surface; adhesive:
unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged:
holding together; cohesive:
having a good memory; retentive:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
clinging to an object or surface; adhesive:
unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged:
holding together; cohesive:
having a good memory; retentive:

Origin

From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), + -ious.

From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), + -ious.

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Forms

more tenacious, most tenacious
Comparativemore tenacious Lesson
Superlativemost tenacious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
holding together:coherentB2
clinging to an object or surface:clingsome
unwilling to yield or give up:pigheaded
having a good memory:elephantlike
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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