Definitions for tenet

tenet ten·et

Spelling: [ten-it; British also tee-nit]
IPA: /ˈtɛn ɪt; British also ˈti nɪt/

Tenet is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in tenet (eentt).

Definitions for tenet

noun

  1. any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.

Origin of tenet

1590-1600; Latin: he holds

Examples for tenet

Charter schools, rejecting the tenet of promotion through seniority, promised to do better.

The only problem was that tenet made those remarks two weeks before the actual polygraph test.

This tenet of his religion he infused in some measure into all his novels.

When tenet was asked whether it was appropriate to describe Ciralsky that way, tenet answered, “No.”

Was it something in a cast of character or a tenet of a creed, or was it what any one could emulate?

He was as unconscious, almost, as he had been back there in tenet's cabin after his fall.

Meanwhile, [CIA Director George] tenet and I sat together in my small office.

The tenet of predestination was the keystone of his religion.

By late Jan. 2003, tenet had signed the first formal guidelines for interrogation and confinement.

You will be surprised to know that many an Islamic tenet is entirely in accord with it.

Word Value for tenet
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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