3/28/11

Tenet

Pronounced:
Ten - net


Definition:
To hold a belief to be true.


Meaning:
Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true.


In a Sentence:
You have a tenet that we should work on paper. I say we should change that belief and work in the computer.


Memory trick:
Ten - et
Ten reminds of tend or likely to do
Tenet in Latin means "he holds"
So remember "tend" or "he holds" a belief


Listen to Pronunciation: Tenet


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