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Meaning of "tentativeness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TENTATIVENESS

tentativeness  [ˈtɛntətɪvnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TENTATIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tentativeness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TENTATIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tentativeness in the English dictionary

The definition of tentativeness in the dictionary is the quality or state of being provisional or experimental. Other definition of tentativeness is the quality or state of being hesitant, uncertain, or cautious.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TENTATIVENESS


accumulativeness
əˈkjuːmjʊlətɪvnəs
appreciativeness
əˈpriːʃətɪvnəs
argumentativeness
ˌɑːɡjʊˈmentətɪvnəs
authoritativeness
ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪvnəs
conservativeness
kənˈsɜːvətɪvnəs
contemplativeness
kənˈtemplətɪvnəs
cooperativeness
kəʊˈɒpərətɪvnəs
curativeness
ˈkjʊərətɪvnəs
decorativeness
ˈdɛk ərətɪvnəs
imperativeness
ɪmˈpɛrətɪvnəs
informativeness
ɪnˈfɔːmətɪvnəs
innovativeness
ˈɪnəvətɪvnəs
inoperativeness
ɪnˈɒpərətɪvnəs
meditativeness
ˈmɛdɪtətɪvnəs
negativeness
ˈnɛɡətɪvnəs
operativeness
ˈɒpərətɪvnəs
penetrativeness
ˈpenɪtrətɪvnəs
speculativeness
ˈspɛkjʊlətɪvnəs
superlativeness
suːˈpɜːlətɪvnəs
uncommunicativeness
ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪvnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TENTATIVENESS

tentacle
tentacle-like
tentacled
tentacular
tentaculate
tentaculiferous
tentaculite
tentaculoid
tentaculum
tentage
tentation
tentative
tentatively
tented
tented arch
tenter
tenterhook
tenterhooks
tentful
tenth

WORDS THAT END LIKE TENTATIVENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of tentativeness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tentativeness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TENTATIVENESS

Find out the translation of tentativeness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tentativeness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tentativeness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

试探性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

provisionalidad
570 millions of speakers

English

tentativeness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tentativeness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تراخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

условности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tentativeness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tentativeness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expérimentalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesabaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorläufigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tentativeness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잠정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tentativeness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tentativeness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தற்காலிகத்தன்மையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तंतूपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tereddütlülük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esitazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wahanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

умовності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tentativeness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετριοπάθειά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tentativeness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tentativeness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tentativeness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tentativeness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TENTATIVENESS»

The term «tentativeness» is normally little used and occupies the 125.325 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TENTATIVENESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tentativeness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tentativeness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tentativeness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TENTATIVENESS»

Discover the use of tentativeness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tentativeness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Counselling Skill
Box 8.1 The importance of tentativeness Often, the helpfulness of a counsellor statement may depend not so much on whatwas said as on how it was said. In a research study that investigated the verbal styles of counsellors, Kimberley Gordon ...
John McLeod, 2007
2
Linguistic Sex Roles in Conversation: Social Variation in ...
On the other hand, it will be argued that, as the relationship between linguistic form and pragmatic function is an indirect one, linguistic tentativeness features are only potential markers of socio-psychological “tentativeness.” In other words ...
Bent Preisler, 1986
3
Counselling Skills: A Practical Guide For Counsellors And ...
styles of counsellors, Kimberley Gordon and Shake Toukmanian (2002) analysed the degree of tentativeness in counsellor statements. Tentativeness was defined as a response that had 'an element of openness and uncertainty and is ...
McLeod, John, McLeod, Julia, 2011
4
Repairing Eden: Humility, Mysticism, and the Existential ...
A few final observations about certainty, tentativeness, tolerance, and love. First, it is worth noting that the certainty generated in a Christian mystical encounter often makes the mystic more radically orthodox in belief. There are plenty of ...
Mark S. McLeod-Harrison, 2005
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Crosslinguistic Views on Tense, Aspect and Modality
Epistemic tentativeness In this context 'tentativeness' does not mean 'discourse tentativeness' (i.e. the phenomenon that a formulation is less direct, more tactful, as in I wanted to have a word with you) but rather 'tentativeness of the possibility  ...
Bart Hollebrandse, Angeliek van Hout, Co Vet, 2005
6
Teaching Science to Every Child: Using Culture as a Starting ...
work, it becomes more sophisticated to attend to context and nuance, and this sophistication makes us consider degrees of tentativeness. For example, when working with students on an understanding of how today's genetic research explores ...
John Settlage, Sherry Southerland, 2012
7
Ernan McMullin and Critical Realism in the Science-theology ...
It is tentative knowledge. In science, this is well understood because of the central role given to hypotheses. But this tentativeness is something that Barbour is anxious to emphasize in religion as well. This understanding of the tentativeness of ...
Paul Laurence Allen, 2006
8
Gender, Politeness and Pragmatic Particles in French
Tentativeness has been associated with a Deferent speech style whereby speakers modestly and/or conventionally signal respect for the opinion of the interlocutor and downtone their own opinion. As we have seen, tentativeness can be seen ...
Kate Beeching, 2002
9
From Revolution to Fads: The Progress of Modernity
The tentativeness of an individuals hold on the faddish objects despite the compulsiveness with which they are sought displays the necessity of them for identity; it is as if identity is hostage to the fads. Fads are singular in binding the contraries ...
Henry Berry, 2001
10
Architectural Body
Stay a moment, says the architectural surround to tentativeness. Tentativeness does hesitate and in so doing provides its landings—that which it lands as—with enough time to form sites. On landing, tentativeness becomes a touch less ...
Madeline Gins, Shusaku Arakawa, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TENTATIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tentativeness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Abbott wants you to keep an 'open mind' on GST
His tentativeness is easily explained: a hike in the goods and services tax would be extremely unpopular. COAG MEETING SYDNEY Why? Because it would ... «The New Daily, Jul 15»
2
Australian Youth Orchestra review: tenacious concentration pays off
The evanescent dawn music that starts La Mer, in which quiet sounds penetrate silence like early glow against night, might be mistaken for tentativeness. «The Age, Jul 15»
3
USWNT striker Wambach expecting thrilling final against Japan
Japan's coach was in a philosophical mood after his normally fluid-passing team showed uncharacteristic tentativeness in pulling out a 2-1 win over England in ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
4
Hodgepodge assemblage
They are also, however, full of tentativeness, half-formed ideas and portentous moods that don't amount to real crises. Gaiman is disturbing when imagining ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
5
Boudreau challenges Ducks to get aggressive
Boudreau lamented the Ducks' tentativeness, and feels only a hungrier and more desperate Anaheim will prove successful at the Honda Center on Saturday. «Sportal.com.au, May 15»
6
Derby della Madonnina: Tentative Inzaghi must exorcise AC Milan fear
Derby della Madonnina: Tentative Inzaghi must exorcise AC Milan fear ... Against Inter, as Trappatoni noted it, such tentativeness will only precipitate another AC ... «Forza Italian Football, Apr 15»
7
Rose makes tentative return to lineup
There were the expected telltale signs of inactivity — tentativeness, turnovers, loose ball-handling — and Rose did fall in love with the 3-ball rather than ... «NBA.com, Apr 15»
8
5 Speaking Habits That Weaken Women's Leadership
I was pleased she felt she had progressed so much, but as you can see from her response, her language still showed considerable tentativeness. Words like ... «Women's eNews, Jan 15»
9
At inaugural conference of Israeli-American group, a sense of …
A sense of tentativeness pervaded the conference, the first since the IAC was founded in Los Angeles seven years ago. Last year, the organization began ... «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Nov 14»
10
Steps to Avoid an Accident
Dr. Tinetti warned that excessive tentativeness can actually increase the risk of falling. “People who are more cautious cut down on their activity,” she said, ... «New York Times, Nov 14»

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