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resolve

/ɹiːˈzɒlv/

noun

Meaning

  • Determination; will power.

    "It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery."

  • A determination to do something; a fixed decision.

  • An act of resolving something; resolution.

Synonyms

fortitude,
inner strength,
resoluteness,
sticktoitiveness,
tenacity

verb

Meaning

  • To find a solution to (a problem).

  • To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.

    "to resolve a riddle"

  • To make a firm decision to do something.

    "I resolve to finish this work before I go home."

  • To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.

    "He was resolved by an unexpected event."

  • To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.

    "After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences."

  • To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.

  • To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

  • To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.

  • To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.

  • To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.

  • To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).

  • To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.

  • To liquefy (a gas or vapour).

  • To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.

  • To relax; to lay at ease.

  • To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.

  • To solve (an equation, etc.).