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# adamant

adjective; noun

«adamant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Adjective: refusing firmly to change your mind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adamant/#m1)
2. Noun (old use, in fairy tales): a very hard stone, unbreakable like diamond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adamant/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales, the unbreakable stone used for chains; in everyday talk, someone who is firm and will not give way

### Examples

- She was adamant that she would not go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adamant/#x1)
- The chains were made of adamant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adamant/#x2)
- "No," said the king, adamant as ever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adamant/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

A very hard stone, harder than flint, which stands for firmness.

**Interpretation.** God makes the prophet Ezekiel's forehead hard, so tradition reads it as God giving the prophet strength to face a stubborn people.

### Examples

- As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.' (Prophets EZK.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adamant/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «adamant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/adamant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adamant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/adamant.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «adamant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adamant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adamant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/adamant.html) on Mova free.