Tenacity Definition

tənasətē
noun
The quality or state of being tenacious.
Webster's New World

The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; - as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

Wiktionary

The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.

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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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adjective
The definition of tenacity is the state of holding on to an idea or a thing very strongly.
An example of tenacity is an athlete with an injury completing a difficult race.
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Other Word Forms of Tenacity

Noun

Singular:
tenacity
Plural:
tenacities

Origin of Tenacity

  • From Latin tenācitās.

    From Wiktionary

  • tenacious +"Ž -ity

    From Wiktionary

Tenacity Sentence Examples

  • She fought with tenacity born of desperation.

  • In addition, all her planning and tenacity were paying off.

  • She likes your confidence and tenacity.

  • Still, his tenacity was what had inspired the name, not his size.

  • Bulldogs were formerly employed in bull-baiting, and the tenacity of their grip is proverbial.

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Words Starting With

TTETEN

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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Words Starting With T and Ending With Y

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