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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
Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
The team had seen roughly 90 children, including an experienced young actor, but de Araújo was resolute.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
Tillis remained resolute in holding up the president’s Fed chair nomination in protest over a Justice Department investigation of the current one.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Sports have always represented one of humankind’s most resolute rejections of nihilism.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Resolute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resolute. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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