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    adamant
    /ˈadəm(ə)nt/

    adjective

    • 1. refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind: "he is adamant that he is not going to resign"

    noun

    • 1. a legendary rock or mineral to which many properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone. archaic

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishADAMANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    ADAMANT definition: 1. impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision: 2. impossible to…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › adamantAdamant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    adamant: [adjective] unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishADAMANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    4 meanings: 1. unshakable in purpose, determination, or opinion; unyielding 2. → a less common word for adamantine (sense 1) 3..... Click for more definitions.

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    Adamant definition: utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.. See examples of ADAMANT used in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryADAMANT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    ADAMANT meaning: 1. impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision: 2. impossible to…. Learn more.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › adamantAdamant - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    adamant: 1 n very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem Synonyms: diamond Types: black diamond , carbonado an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing Type of: C , atomic number 6 , carbon an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and ...

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionadamant adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Oxford Collocations Dictionary Adamant is used with these nouns: refusal; See full entry. Word Origin Old English (as a noun), from Old French adamaunt-, via Latin from Greek adamas, adamant-, ‘untameable, invincible’ (later used to denote the hardest metal or stone, hence diamond), from a-‘not’ + daman ‘to tame’. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishADAMANT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    ADAMANT definition: very sure of what you think and not willing to change your opinion: . Learn more.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryADAMANT - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

    A complete guide to the word "ADAMANT": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › adamant_nadamant, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word adamant, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. adamant has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. geology (Old English) minerals (Old English) magnetism (Middle English)