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# willpower

«willpower» in Mova's school dictionary: **the strength of mind to control your actions and do what…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (willpower — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Willpower is the strength of mind to control your actions and do what you decide, even when it is hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willpower/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and stories, willpower helps people stop bad habits or resist temptations. Phrases: strong willpower, use willpower.

### examples

- It takes willpower not to eat all the sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willpower/#x1)
- She showed great willpower when training. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willpower/#x2)
- He used willpower to finish his homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willpower/#x3)
- Willpower helps you keep promises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willpower/#x4)
- My brother has no willpower with chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willpower/#x5)
- With willpower you can learn hard things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/willpower/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. One word.

### Trees and pragmatics

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