Dictionary Definition
resolve
Noun
1 the trait of being resolute; firmness of
purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was
his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" [syn: resoluteness, firmness, resolution] [ant: irresoluteness]
2 a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by
a vote [syn: resolution, declaration]
Verb
1 bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case
was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the
plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling
over their inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, adjudicate]
2 reach a conclusion after a discussion or
deliberation [syn: conclude]
3 reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink
again" [syn: purpose]
4 understand the meaning of; "The question
concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" [syn: answer]
5 make clearly visible; "can this image be
resolved?"
6 find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve
for x" [syn: solve]
7 cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says
that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn:
dissolve, break up]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From , from resolvo.Pronunciation
- /ɹiːzɒlv/
Verb
Related terms
Translations
find a solution to
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 解决 (jiějué)
- Dutch: oplossen
- Finnish: ratkaista
- French: résoudre
- German: auflösen
- Hungarian: megold, megfejt
- Italian: risolvere
- Japanese: 解く (とく, toku), 分解する (ぶんかいする, bunkai-suru)
- Korean: 해결하다 (haegyeolhada)
- Portuguese: resolver
- Russian: решать (rešát’)
- Spanish: resolver
- Swedish: lösa
- Telugu: పరిష్కరించు (parishkarimchu)
make a firm decision
Noun
- Determination,
will
power.
- ''It took all my resolve to go through with it
Italian
Verb
resolve- Form of Third-person singular present tense, resolvere
Extensive Definition
Resolve may refer to:
- Resolution (music)
- Resolve (song), by the Foo Fighters
- Resolve (album) by Lagwagon
- RESOLVE, a dispute resolution-related non-profit group
- Operation Vigilant Resolve, a U.S. military operation that took place in Fallujah, Iraq
- Operation Mountain Resolve, a U.S. military operation that took place in Afghanistan
- Claris Resolve, a spreadsheet program
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abort,
accommodate,
adjust, adopt, agree, aim, aim at, alter into, ambition, analyze, anatomize, animus, answer, approve, arrange matters,
ascertain, aspiration, aspire after,
aspire to, assay, be
after, be converted into, be determined, become, block out, bottom, break, break down, break up,
breakdown, bring to
terms, bring together, cease, change into, choose, choose to, clear up,
close, command, commitment, compose, compromise, conclude, counsel, crack, debug, decide, decidedness, decipher, decision, decisiveness, decode, decompose, decree, dedication, definiteness, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, destine, detail, determinateness,
determination,
determine, determinedness, devotion, disabuse, disentangle, dispel, disperse, dissect, dissipate, dissolve, divide, divine, do, dope, dope out, drive at, earnestness, effect, end, endeavor, enumerate, explain, fathom, figure, figure out, find, find out, find the answer,
find the solution, finish, finish up, firmness, fix, fix up, fixed purpose, function, get, get right, go for, guess, guess right, harbor a
design, harmonize,
have every intention, have it, heal the breach, hit it, idea, intend, intendment, intent, intention, interpret, itemize, labor, make a decision, make out,
mean, meaning, mediate, mind, motive, nisus, number, obstinacy, open the lock,
outline, parse, pass, patch things up, perorate, perseverance, persistence, plan, plumb, point, project, proposal, propose, prospectus, psych, psych out, purge, purport, purpose, purposefulness, put in
tune, puzzle out, ravel,
ravel out, reconcile,
reduce, reduce to, reduce
to elements, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve into,
resolvedness,
restore harmony, reunite, rid, riddle, rule, sake, scan, schematize, scrap, scratch, seal, see fit, seek, segment, self-will, separate, seriousness, settle, settle differences,
sincerity,
single-mindedness, smooth it over, solve, sort out, stop, strain, strive, striving, struggle, study, subdivide, sweat, sweat blood, take a
resolution, tenacity,
terminate, think, think fit, think good,
think proper, total commitment, undertake, undo, unfold, unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave, view, weave peace between, will, wind up, wish, work, work out