noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/təˈnæs.ɪ.ti/
General-American:/təˈnæsəti/
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rhymes with -æsɪti
CMU ARPABET:T AH0 N AE1 S IH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 2
The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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5
noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
