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Resolve to Define Resolute
Resolute comes from the same Latin verb as resolved, and the two words are often synonyms. So how did it get this meaning from the Latin? Essentially, when you resolve a question or problem, you come to a conclusion, and once you've reached a conclusion you can proceed to act. So in your New Year's resolutions, you resolve—or make up your mind—to do something. Unfortunately, New Year's resolutions aren't a good illustration of the meaning of resolute, since only about one in ten actually seems to succeed.
Examples of resolute in a Sentence
Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Even many Republicans who bristled at the tens of billions of dollars in aid packages that Congress approved for Ukraine were resolute that Russia and Vladimir V. Putin, its president, were the aggressors in the conflict.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Bayer Leverkusen expressed their interest earlier in the window, but City were resolute that McAtee was not for sale.
—Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
But Marsh remains resolute, never giving in to pleas, no matter how fraught with emotion.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Resolute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resolute. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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