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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mettle/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mettle/#x1)
- The hard race will test your mettle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mettle/#x2)
- Bold and proud, he was eager to prove his mettle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mettle/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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