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Resolve

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ɹɪˈzɒlv

Definitions

  1. Determination; will power.
  2. A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
  3. An act of resolving something; resolution.

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Examples

“It took all my resolve⟳ to go through with the surgery.”
“Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want⟳ to die⟳,” she whimpers, “Not like⟳ this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve⟳ and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.”
“Alan Pardew's current squad has been put⟳ together with a relatively low budget but the resolve⟳ and unity within the team is priceless.”
“I wish⟳ for unending resolve⟳, to always get⟳ up when I fall⟳.”
“And the having individually entertained four such resolves, without perceiving that once brought together, they all mutually expire; this, this ineffable folly, Pierre, brands thee in the forehead for an unaccountable infatuate!”
“His resolve⟳ to die⟳ is weakening as he grows accustomed to Sophie's absence, and all his attempts to master irresolution only augment it.”
“Some operations require⟳ data that, in turn⟳, requires that lightweight components be resolved. In these cases, this option determines whether the user is prompted to approve⟳ the resolve⟳ or whether components are just resolved automatically.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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