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tenacious

/təˈneɪʃəs/adjective

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दृढ़, हठी, न छोड़ने वाला, अड़ा रहने वाला

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adjective
  1. 1

    not willing to give up or to stop holding something; determined

    दृढ़, हठी, न छोड़ने वाला, अड़ा रहने वाला

    • a tenacious fighter who never accepted defeat
    • The dog kept a tenacious grip on the rope.
    • She is a tenacious reporter who never drops a story.
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    • A tenacious defence helped the team draw the match.
    • The tenacious student kept trying until she solved every problem.

    Synonyms determined persistent dogged

    Opposite yielding irresolute weak

◇Word family
tenacity nountenaciously adv.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

te·na·cious

§Grammar and usage

The noun is tenacity.

इसका noun tenacity है।

⌂Word origin and word building

Ten- means hold: tenant, tenure, retain.

Ten- का अर्थ पकड़ना है: tenant, tenure, retain।