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tenacity

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te·nac·i·ty  (t-ns-t)
n.
The state or quality of being tenacious: "Social styles developed in the 19th century withstand, with sporelike tenacity, all that the present century can throw at them" (Larry McMurty).
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Noun1.tenacitytenacity - persistent determination            
determination, purpose - the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"

tenacity
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tenacity [tɪˈnæsɪtɪ] Ntenacidad f
tenacity [tɪˈnæsəti] nténacité f
tenacity
nZähigkeit f, → Hartnäckigkeit f; (of character, person also)Beharrlichkeit f; the tenacity of his gripsein eiserner Griff; his tenacity of purposeseine zielstrebige Beharrlichkeit
tenacity [tɪˈnæsɪtɪ] ntenacia
tenacity [tɪˈnæsɪtɪ] ntenacia


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He had in the highest degree a practical tenacity which Pierre lacked, and without fuss or strain on his part this set things going.
From the glass windows in the drawing-room, I saw long seaweeds and gigantic fuci and varech, of which the open polar sea contains so many specimens, with their sharp polished filaments; they measured about 300 yards in length-- real cables, thicker than one's thumb; and, having great tenacity, they are often used as ropes for vessels.
She was delighted to talk again of the country in which her youth was spent, and it was a pleasure to her to recall scenes and people that had remained in her memory with the tenacity peculiar to her class.
 
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