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Adamant
adamant
If someone is adamant about something, they are determined not to change their mind about it. The prime minister is adamant that he will not resign... Sue was adamant about that job in Australia. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ that, ADJ about n/-ing • adamantly She was adamantly opposed to her husband travelling to Brussels. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, adamas hardest metal, diamond, from Greek Date: 14th century 1. a stone (as a diamond) formerly believed to be of impenetrable hardness 2. an unbreakable or extremely hard substance II. adjective Date: 1897 unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion ; unyielding Synonyms: see inflexible • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. stubbornly resolute; resistant to persuasion. --n. archaic diamond or other hard substance. Derivatives adamance n. adamantine adj. adamantly adv. Etymology: OF adamaunt f. L adamas adamant- untameable f. Gk (as A-(1), damao to tame) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. адамант, очень твердый минерал или металл 2. твердость will of adamant —- стальная воля 3. непреклонный; несокрушимый to be adamant —- быть непреклонным I am adamant on point —- от этого я не отступлюсь ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) твердый минерал/металл 2) что-л. твердое, несокрушимое will of adamant - железная воля 2. adj. непреклонный; твердый, несгибаемый adamant to entreaties - непреклонный к мольбам Syn: see stubborn ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj formal determined not to change your opinion, decision, etc (We tried to negotiate, but they were adamant.) ~ that (Melinda was adamant that she would not travel with us.) - ~ly adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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