tenacity
The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purposeThe quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
» I admire your tenacity.
Ich bewundere deine Beharrlichkeit.
Я восхищаюсь твоей настойчивостью.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
Zähigkeit, Beharrlichkeit
це́пкостьcépkostʹ, упо́рствоupórstvo, вы́держкаvýderžka
завзятістьzavzjatistʹ, упертістьupertistʹ, стійкістьstijkistʹ
(countable, uncountable)The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
свя́зностьsvjáznostʹ
чіпкістьčipkistʹ
(countable, uncountable)The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
кле́йкостьkléjkostʹ
липкістьlypkistʹ, клейкістьklejkistʹ
(countable, uncountable)The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
про́чность на растяже́ниеpróčnostʹ na rastjažénije, предел прочностиpredel pročnosti
опір розривуopir rozryvu
- persistent determination
Examples
8 sentencesI admire your tenacity.
ruЯ восхищаюсь твоей настойчивостью.
deIch bewundere deine Beharrlichkeit.
I admire Tom's tenacity.
He has a spirit of tenacity.
I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.
deIch habe die Schwierigkeit mit meiner typischen Beharrlichkeit überwunden.
With tenacity like that, you can learn any language.
ruС таким упорством можно выучить любой язык.
deMit solch einer Beharrlichkeit kann man jedwede Sprache erlernen.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 4
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle French ténacité, from Latin tenācitās (whence -acity).From Middle French ténacité, from Latin tenācitās (whence -acity).
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Forms
plural: tenacities| Singular | tenacity |
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Synonyms
12 synonyms- persistent determination:doggednessperseverancepersistencepersistencytenaciousnesspertinacity
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable