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resolve
[ ri-zolv ]
verb (used with object)
- to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something):
I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
Synonyms:
- to separate into constituent or elementary parts; break up; cause or disintegrate (usually followed by into ).
Synonyms: ,
- to reduce or convert by, or as by, breaking up or disintegration (usually followed by to or into ).
- to convert or transform by any process (often used reflexively).
- to reduce by mental analysis (often followed by into ).
- to settle, determine, or state in a formal vote or formal expression of opinion or intention, as of a deliberative assembly.
to resolve the question before the board.
- to clear away or dispel (doubts, fears, etc.); answer:
to resolve any doubts we may have had.
- Chemistry. to separate (a racemic mixture) into optically active components.
- Music. to cause (a voice part or the harmony as a whole) to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
- Optics. to separate and make visible the individual parts of (an image); distinguish between.
- Medicine/Medical. to cause (swellings, inflammation, etc.) to disappear without suppuration.
verb (used without object)
- to come to a determination; make up one's mind; determine (often followed by on or upon ):
to resolve on a plan of action.
- to break up or disintegrate.
- to be reduced or changed by breaking up or otherwise (usually followed by to or into ).
- Music. to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
noun
- a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
Synonyms:
- firmness of purpose or intent; determination.
resolve
/ °ùɪˈ³úÉ’±ô±¹ /
verb
- takes a clause as object or an infinitive to decide or determine firmly
- to express (an opinion) formally, esp (of a public meeting) one agreed by a vote
- also intrusually foll byinto to separate or cause to separate (into) (constituent parts or elements)
- usually reflexive to change, alter, or appear to change or alter
the ghost resolved itself into a tree
- to make up the mind of; cause to decide
the tempest resolved him to stay at home
- to find the answer or solution to; solve
to resolve a problem
- to explain away or dispel
to resolve a doubt
- to bring to an end; conclude
to resolve an argument
- med to cause (a swelling or inflammation) to subside, esp without the formation of pus
- also intr to follow (a dissonant note or chord) or (of a dissonant note or chord) to be followed by one producing a consonance
- chem to separate (a racemic mixture) into its optically active constituents
- physics
- to distinguish between (separate parts) of (an image) as in a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument
- to separate (two adjacent peaks) in a spectrum by means of a spectrometer
- maths to split (a vector) into its components in specified directions
- an obsolete word for dissolve
noun
- something determined or decided; resolution
he had made a resolve to work all day
- firmness of purpose; determination
nothing can break his resolve
Derived Forms
- °ù±ðˈ²õ´Ç±ô±¹±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù±ð·²õ´Ç±ô±¹î€½Ä°ù noun
- ±è°ù±ðr±ð·²õ´Ç±ô±¹±ð verb preresolved preresolving
- ³Ü²Ôr±ð·²õ´Ç±ô±¹î€ƒi²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of resolve1
Example Sentences
Postecoglou's future - and appointing a successor if a change is made - will be the most prominent issue for the Spurs hierarchy to resolve in the coming weeks.
Unite national lead officer Onay Kasab said the only thing that would end the strike was for the council to resolve its "horrific pay attacks".
The school said it referred his case to the Department for Education in 2008, but was informed in 2022 it had not been resolved and he could still legally teach.
She is urging Democrats to go into 2026 and beyond with an agenda focused on Americans’ material needs and with a resolve to wield power, if and when they do win.
Nitschke added that he hopes the lawsuit will resolve quickly so that Trump's executive order doesn't impede college voter registration ahead of the state's special election in September to fill the seat of former U.S.
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What are other ways to say resolve?
To resolve something is to come to a definite or earnest decision about it. How is it different from decide and determine? Find out on .
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