İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. bir işin arkasını bırakmayan, bir işten vazgeçmeyen.
2. çok kuvvetli (bağ). inatçi, direngen; (hafiza) güçlü. azimli. azimli. s.
3. çok kuvvetli (bağ). Yapışkan. inatçı, vazgeçmeyen, sıkı sıkı sarılmış, yapışkan, kuvvetli (hafıza).
4. özlü, yapışkan; unutmaz; kuvvetli; kopmaz; vazgeçmez, tutar, bırakmaz; tenaciousness i vazgeçmeme, tenaciously bırakmayarak, azimle, kuvvetli/inatçı, inatçı, direnme, direngen.
5. inatçı. direngen. (hafıza) güçlü.
6. inatçı. azimli. direngen. unutmaz. kuvvetli. bırakmaz. vazgeçmez. sıkıca tutan. yapışkan.
7. azimli.

Etymology : Latin tenac-, tenax tending to hold fast, from tenEre to hold
Pronunciation : t&-'nA-sh&s
Function : adjective
Date : 1607

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1. taking by force, not easily loosened, stubborn. tenacious\te*na"cious\ , a. [l. tenax, -acis, from tenere to hold. see: tenable, and cf. tenace.].
2. holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
3. apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
4. having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil. i. newton.
5. apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. "female feet, too weak to struggle with tenacious clay.".
6. niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
7. holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. -- te*na"cious*ly , adv. -- te*na"cious*ness , n.tenacious adj.
8. stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- t.s.eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: bulldog, dogged, dour, pertinacious, unyielding].
9. (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory" [syn: long].
10. sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs" [syn: coherent].
11. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
12. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
13. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
14. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
15. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
16. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
17. 1. If you are tenacious, you are very determined and do not give up easily. He is regarded at the BBC as a tenacious and persistent interviewer. + tenaciously te·na·cious·ly In spite of his illness, he clung tenaciously to his job.
18. If you describe something such as an idea or belief as tenacious, you mean that it has a strong influence on people and is difficult to change or remove. a remarkably tenacious belief that was to dominate future theories of military strategy. = deep-seated.