Pronunciations (3)
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/təˈneɪʃəs/
Pronunciation notes
- Canada
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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/təˈnæɪʃəs/
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
- New-Zealand
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təˈneɪʃəs
Adjective
Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
Holding together; cohesive.
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The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]
Having a good memory; retentive.
Adjective
good at remembering
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a retentive mind
tenacious memory
stubbornly unyielding
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dogged persistence
dour determination
More examples (2)
the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
men tenacious of opinion
sticking together
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two coherent sheets
tenacious burrs