tenacious

/təˈneɪʃəs/

adj 4

Collocations

ADJ.

kind, little, most

VERB + TENACIOUS

improvise

TENACIOUS + NOUN

bird, depths, facts, guy, person

PREP.

into, than, with

ADV.

always

adj

Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.

Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.

Holding together; cohesive.

The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]

Having a good memory; retentive.

adjective — sticking together

adjective — good at remembering

adjective — stubbornly unyielding

The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]

Wiktionary

He's a tenacious guy who always manages to come out on top. He's the kind of guy who can turn any situation to his advantage.

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To survive in a hostile environment, one must be able to improvise and be tenacious.

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Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.

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He was tenacious.

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Tom is tenacious, isn't he?

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