tenacity
/tɪˈnasɪti/
US pronunciation
American sound/tɪˈnasɪti/
tɪˈnasɪti
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- 4 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
tɪ - ˈnasɪti -> tenacity
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ ကျားကုတ်ကျားခဲဖြစ်သော။ ဇွဲနပဲကြီးသော။ a tenacious adversary/defence ❍ She shows a tenacious loyalty to her friends.
၂။ အလျှော့မပေးသော။ စွဲမြဲသော။ a tenacious belief in a discredited myth.
❏ tenaciously adv ဇွဲနပဲကြီးစွာ။ ကျားကုတ်ကျားခဲ။ Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life.
❏ tenacity /tǝ'næsǝti/ n [U] ဇွဲ။ compete with skill and tenacity.
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- tenacious /tǝ'neÇʃǝs/ adj ၁။ ကျားကုတ်ကျားခဲဖြစ်သော။ ဇွဲနပဲကြီးသော။ a tenacious adversary/defence
Synonyms
stubborn, obstinate, resolute, firm, persistent, insistent, dogged, determined, steadfast, inflexible, adamant, adhesive, bound, clinging, clingy, coherent, cohesive, fast, fixed, forceful, glutinous, gummy, inseparable, intransigent, iron, meaning business, mucilaginous, mulish, obdurate, persevering, persisting, pertinacious, possessive, purposeful, relentless, resisting, retentive, secure, set, solid, spunky, stalwart, staunch, sticky, stout, strong, strong-willed, sturdy, sure, tacky, tight, tough, true, unforgetful, unshakable, unswerving, unyielding, viscid, viscose, viscous, waxy
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