resolute

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English

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Etymology

From Latin resolutus (“released”), past participle of resolvō (“I release, I unbind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.zəˌl(j)uːt/, /ˌɹɛ.zəˈl(j)uːt/
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  • Rhymes: -uːt

Adjective

resolute (comparative more resolute, superlative most resolute)

  1. Firm, unyielding, determined.
    She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.
    He was resolute in his decision to stay.
    • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.
    • a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “I'm the little “Heart's Ease”!”, in Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, editors, Further Poems of Emily Dickinson, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, published 1929, page 69:
      If the Coward Bumble Bee / In his chimney corner stay, / I, must resoluter be!
    • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎:
      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.

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”.

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-‎ (0 c, 29 e)

Translations

Noun

resolute (plural resolutes)

  1. A determined person; one showing resolution.
  2. (mathematics) A projection onto an arbitrary vector.
    vector resolute

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Pronunciation

Adjective

resolute

  1. inflection of resolut:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Participle

resolūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of resolūtus

References

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Adjective

resolute

  1. definite natural masculine singular of resolut
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