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Tenacious
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What it means
- adjective
Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
- adjective
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
- adjective
Holding together; cohesive.
Where it comes from
Tenacious comes from Latin tenax, holding fast, from tenere, to hold. It describes a grip, a memory, or a person who will not let go.
In a sentence
- I can be very tenacious.by CM, Tatoeba
- Tom is tenacious, isn't he?by CM, Tatoeba
- Tom was tenacious.by CK, Tatoeba
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