resolute
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.zəˌl(j)uːt/, /ˌɹɛ.zəˈl(j)uːt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːt
Adjective
resolute (comparative more resolute, superlative most resolute)
- Firm, unyielding, determined.
- She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.
- He was resolute in his decision to stay.
- Shakespeare
- Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.
- Emily Dickinson, ‘I’m the little “Heart’s Ease”!’ (poem):
- If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!
- (obsolete) Convinced; satisfied; sure.
Usage notes
- The one-word comparative form resoluter and superlative form resolutest are both well attested, though not as common as the two-word forms “more resolute” and “most resolute”.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obstinate
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/abluent' title='abluent'>abluent</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/absolute' title='absolute'>absolute</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/absolution' title='absolution'>absolution</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/absolve' title='absolve'>absolve</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissoluble' title='dissoluble'>dissoluble</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissolute' title='dissolute'>dissolute</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissolution' title='dissolution'>dissolution</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissolve' title='dissolve'>dissolve</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/dissolvent' title='dissolvent'>dissolvent</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/exolve' title='exolve'>exolve</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/lustrum' title='lustrum'>lustrum</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/resolute' title='resolute'>resolute</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/resolution' title='resolution'>resolution</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/resolve' title='resolve'>resolve</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/solute' title='solute'>solute</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/solution' title='solution'>solution</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/solve' title='solve'>solve</a>
Translations
firm, unyielding, determined
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʀezoˈluːtə/
Adjective
resolute
- strong feminine singular nominative form of resolut.
- strong feminine singular accusative form of resolut.
- strong plural nominative form of resolut.
- strong plural accusative form of resolut.
- weak masculine singular nominative form of resolut.
- weak feminine singular nominative form of resolut.
- weak feminine singular accusative form of resolut.
- weak neuter singular nominative form of resolut.
- weak neuter singular accusative form of resolut.
- mixed feminine singular nominative form of resolut.
- mixed feminine singular accusative form of resolut.
Latin
References
- resolute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- resolute in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- resolute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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