mettle
noun (mettle; no plural)
Everyday
Courage and strength of character, shown when a person faces a hard test. tree →
In the lessons
In tales, the brave test of a hero, as in "test your mettle" or "show your mettle".
Examples
- The knight showed his mettle in the battle. tree →
- The hard race will test your mettle. tree →
- Bold and proud, he was eager to prove his mettle. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «mettle» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «mettle» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mettle/