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# headstrong

«headstrong» in Mova's school dictionary: **Determined to have your own way and not willing to listen…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (headstronger, headstrongest)

### meaning for a pupil

Determined to have your own way and not willing to listen to others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstrong/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a stubborn child or a wilful girl will not take advice; in the lessons it describes a character's character flaw

### examples

- Her headstrong brother would not wear his coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstrong/#x1)
- The headstrong princess would not listen to her mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstrong/#x2)
- Don't be so headstrong; listen to advice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstrong/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «headstrong» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headstrong/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.