"tenacity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /təˈnæs.ɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /təˈnæsəti/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-tenacity.ogg [US] Forms: tenacities [plural]
Etymology: tenac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French ténacité, from Latin tenācitās. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tenacious|ity|alt1=tenac(ious)}} tenac(ious) + -ity, {{der|en|frm|ténacité}} Middle French ténacité, {{der|en|la|tenācitās}} Latin tenācitās Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tenacity (countable and uncountable, plural tenacities)
  1. The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (state of being tenacious): tenaciousness, determination, persistency, retentiveness, stubbornness Translations (quality or state of being tenacious): издръжливост (izdrǎžlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tenacitat [feminine] (Catalan), volhardendheid [feminine] (Dutch), sitkeys (Finnish), sinnikkyys (Finnish), ténacité [feminine] (French), Zähigkeit [feminine] (German), Beharrlichkeit [feminine] (German), επιμονή (epimoní) [feminine] (Greek), keuletan (Indonesian), kegigihan (Indonesian), diongbháilteacht [feminine] (Irish), tenacia [feminine] (Italian), tenācitās [feminine] (Latin), tenacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), tenacitate [feminine] (Romanian), це́пкость (cépkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), упо́рство (upórstvo) [neuter] (Russian), вы́держка (výderžka) [feminine] (Russian), tenacidad [feminine] (Spanish), tesón [masculine] (Spanish), matibay (Tagalog), завзятість (zavzjatistʹ) (Ukrainian), упертість (upertistʹ) (Ukrainian), стійкість (stijkistʹ) (Ukrainian), наполегливість (napolehlyvistʹ) (Ukrainian), цілеспрямованість (cilesprjamovanistʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tenacity-en-noun-~g4XI~gQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 16 12 16 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 28 22 11 23 16 Disambiguation of 'state of being tenacious': 75 6 4 7 8 Disambiguation of 'quality or state of being tenacious': 48 23 1 24 4
  2. The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force): tenacitat [feminine] (Catalan), sitkeys (Finnish), adezivitate [feminine] (Romanian), свя́зность (svjáznostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), чіпкість (čipkistʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tenacity-en-noun-nxKzhX55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 16 12 16 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 28 22 11 23 16 Disambiguation of 'quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force': 26 39 0 31 5
  3. The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tenacity-en-noun-0JDCuCq3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 16 12 16 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 28 22 11 23 16
  4. The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies): лепливост (leplivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кле́йкость (kléjkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), липкість (lypkistʹ) (Ukrainian), клейкість (klejkistʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tenacity-en-noun-Ah9t931m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 16 12 16 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 28 22 11 23 16 Disambiguation of 'quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies': 25 28 0 45 3
  5. (physics) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder): якост на опън (jakost na opǎn) (Bulgarian), vetolujuus (Finnish), vetomurtolujuus (Finnish), про́чность на растяже́ние (próčnostʹ na rastjažénije) [feminine] (Russian), предел прочности (predel pročnosti) [masculine] (Russian), опір розриву (opir rozryvu) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tenacity-en-noun-xFIXmg1X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 16 12 16 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 28 22 11 23 16 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder': 9 14 2 8 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (quality keeping bodies together): cohesiveness Synonyms (quality making bodies adhere): adhesiveness, viscosity Related terms: tenacious, tenaciously
Disambiguation of 'quality keeping bodies together': 32 31 0 33 3 Disambiguation of 'quality making bodies adhere': 31 30 0 35 3

Inflected forms

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        },
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          "_dis1": "9 14 2 8 68",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "9 14 2 8 68",
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          "roman": "opir rozryvu",
          "sense": "greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder",
          "word": "опір розриву"
        }
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      "_dis1": "32 31 0 33 3",
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    }
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}
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      ],
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        "uncountable"
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      ],
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      ],
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        "(physics) 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."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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      "ipa": "/təˈnæsəti/",
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      "sense": "state of being tenacious",
      "word": "tenaciousness"
    },
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      "sense": "state of being tenacious",
      "word": "determination"
    },
    {
      "sense": "state of being tenacious",
      "word": "persistency"
    },
    {
      "sense": "state of being tenacious",
      "word": "retentiveness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "state of being tenacious",
      "word": "stubbornness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "quality keeping bodies together",
      "word": "cohesiveness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "quality making bodies adhere",
      "word": "adhesiveness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "quality making bodies adhere",
      "word": "viscosity"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izdrǎžlivost",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "издръжливост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenacitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volhardendheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "sitkeys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "sinnikkyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ténacité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zähigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Beharrlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epimoní",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επιμονή"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "keuletan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "kegigihan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diongbháilteacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenacia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenācitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenacidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenacitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cépkostʹ",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "це́пкость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upórstvo",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "упо́рство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výderžka",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вы́держка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenacidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tesón"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "matibay"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zavzjatistʹ",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "завзятість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "upertistʹ",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "упертість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stijkistʹ",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "стійкість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "napolehlyvistʹ",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "наполегливість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cilesprjamovanistʹ",
      "sense": "quality or state of being tenacious",
      "word": "цілеспрямованість"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tenacitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force",
      "word": "sitkeys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adezivitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svjáznostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свя́зность"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čipkistʹ",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force",
      "word": "чіпкість"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "leplivost",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лепливост"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kléjkostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кле́йкость"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lypkistʹ",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies",
      "word": "липкість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "klejkistʹ",
      "sense": "quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies",
      "word": "клейкість"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jakost na opǎn",
      "sense": "greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder",
      "word": "якост на опън"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder",
      "word": "vetolujuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder",
      "word": "vetomurtolujuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "próčnostʹ na rastjažénije",
      "sense": "greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "про́чность на растяже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predel pročnosti",
      "sense": "greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предел прочности"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "opir rozryvu",
      "sense": "greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder",
      "word": "опір розриву"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenacity"
}

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