resolute

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Pronunciation
/ˈɹɛ.zəˌl(j)uːt/
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/ˈɹɛ.zəˌl(j)uːt/ · /ˌɹɛ.zəˈl(j)uːt/

Definition of resolute

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Firm, unyielding, determined.
    “She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.”
    “He was resolute in his decision to stay.”
    “Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.”
    “If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!”
    “Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half.”
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adj

  1. Firm, unyielding, determined.
    “She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.”
    “He was resolute in his decision to stay.”
    “Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.”
    “If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!”
    “Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half.”
  2. (obsolete)Convinced; satisfied; sure.

noun

  1. A determined person; one showing resolution.
  2. A projection onto an arbitrary vector.
    “vector resolute”

name

  1. An Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island, Nunavut.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin resolutus (“released”), past participle of resolvō (“to release, to unbind”) (re- + solvō, whence solve). Compare typologically Russian реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) (< реши́ть (rešítʹ)).

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