staunch

«staunch» in Mova's school dictionary: loyal and firm, never letting a friend or cause down — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (staunch, staunch-er, staunch-est)

meaning for a pupil

Staunch means loyal and firm, never letting a friend or cause down. A staunch friend stays with you when things go wrong. (A bit old-fashioned.) tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a staunch friend or helper keeps faithful to the hero, even in danger

examples

• She is a staunch friend. tree →
• The hero welcomed his staunch young friend warmly. tree →
• Our staunchest supporter came to every match. tree →
• He stayed staunch even when everyone laughed. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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