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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
Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Conscientiously addressing a national crisis of domestic abuse while also lunging for the heartstrings, the film is an uneven balance of grainy social realism and crowd-pleasing uplift, but Cruz’s resolute performance just about holds it together.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
The letter offers a resolute response to Ballal’s treatment unlike the one signed by Yang and Kramer.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
There is plenty of good sense in the EU taking a resolute stand.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Resolute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resolute. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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