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stubbornness, obduracy, inflexibility, rigidity, firmness,
uncompromisingness, Colloq US sand, stick-to-it-iveness: He
persisted with the tenacity of the English bulldog. 2
tenaciousness, cohesiveness, strength, power, toughness,
resilience; adhesiveness, stickiness, gumminess, glueyness,
mucilaginousness, glutinousness, viscousness, viscidity, US
cling: The texture of the surfaces affects the tenacity of the
bonding cement.
tenancy n. occupancy, occupation, possession, tenure: Our tenancy of
the house expires next month. The tenancy of this position is a
year.
tenant n. occupant, lessee, renter, leaseholder, occupier, resident,
inhabitant: We could not redecorate the premises while the
tenants were there.
tend° v. be inclined or disposed, be liable or apt or likely,
incline, lean, have or show or exhibit or demonstrate a
tendency, favour, verge, gravitate, be biased; be prone: The
judge might tend towards leniency in your case. I tend to agree.
Tree growth here tends towards the horizontal.
tendý v. care for, take care of, look after, look out for, watch
over, see to, keep an eye on, attend (to), wait on, cater to,
minister to, serve, nurse, nurture: Marie tended her father
lovingly throughout his long illness.
tendency n. inclination, bent, leaning, disposition, propensity,
predisposition, proclivity, predilection, susceptibility,
proneness, readiness, partiality, affinity, bias, drift,
direction, trend, movement: Brian has always had a tendency to
being overweight. The particles exhibit a tendency to align
themselves north and south.
tender° adj. 1 sensitive, delicate, fragile, frail, infirm, unstable,
shaky, weak, feeble, unwell, sickly, ailing, unsound: His
condition is still a bit too tender for him to go outside. 2
chewable, edible, eatable, soft: The steak will become more
tender if it is marinated. 3 young, youthful, immature,
juvenile, inexperienced, impressionable, vulnerable, green, new,
raw, undeveloped, untrained, uninitiated, callow: At his tender
age he could not have known about such things. 4 sensitive,