resolute

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Latin resolutus, past participle of resolvō.

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.

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore be resolute.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Emily Dickinson, ‘I’m the little “Heart’s Ease”!’ (poem):

     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^[1]:

     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”.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Antonyms

• irresolute

Derived terms

• resolutely
• resoluteness

Translations

firm, unyielding, determined

• Catalan: resolut
• Czech: odhodlaný m
• Finnish: päättäväinen (fi), luja (fi), peräänantamaton (fi)
• French: résolu (fr) m, résolue (fr) f, ferme (fr) m or f, déterminé (fr) m, déterminée (fr) f
• German: entschieden (de), entschlossen (de), resolut (de)
• Maori: titikaha, niwha, pikoni, whakakiriūka, rae pakari
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: resolutt

  Nynorsk: resolutt

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: непоколеби́мый (ru) (nepokolebímyj), реши́тельный (ru) (rešítelʹnyj), твёрдый (ru) (tvjórdyj)
• Spanish: resoluto
• Swedish: resolut (sv), bestämd (sv)
• Turkish: azimli (tr), dirençli (tr), kararlı (tr)

Noun

resolute (plural resolutes)

1. A determined person; one showing resolution.

Anagrams

• retousle

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʀezoˈluːtə/

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

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) resolūte

1. vocative masculine singular of resolūtus

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• resolute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.