mettle

«mettle» in Mova's school dictionary: Courage and strength of character, shown when a person… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (mettle; no plural)

meaning for a pupil

Courage and strength of character, shown when a person faces a hard test. tree →

sense 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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mettle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.