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con·stan·cy
 constancy
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- pronunciation:
- kan
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the quality of being constant or invariable, as in purpose, opinion, or devotion; steadfastness; loyalty.
- similar words:
- allegiance, fidelity, loyalty, stability
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| definition 2: |
the quality of being uniform; stability; regularity.
- similar words:
- stability
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| related words: |
chivalry, purpose |
adjective + (n.)constancy
absolute, boiling, capable, female, human, moral, near, physical, pure, relative, valuable, very
verb + (n.)constancy
change, compare, create, establish, grant, maintain, note, object, share, trust
noun + (n.)constancy
asset,
beauty,
change,
character,
commitment,
conifer,
consistency,
context,
continuity,
credibility,
deed,
degree,
demand,
devotion,
endurance,
faith,
fidelity,
flux,
forecast,
forest,
fortitude,
friendship,
improvement,
lack,
love,
loyalty,
memory,
model,
object,
pattern,
perseverance,
piety,
precision,
principle,
prudence,
purpose,
quality,
respect,
self-evaluation,
sense,
species,
speed,
stability,
strategist,
strategy,
strength,
temperature,
thinking,
tranquillity,
vision,
weather
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The word constancy
contains the following part:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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