Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
resolve en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈzɔlv/ (US)
- /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ (US)
- /ɹɪˈzɒlv/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ɹiːˈzɒlv/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolvō (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- + solve. Piecewise doublet of re-solve.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Determination; will power.
I wish for unending resolve, to always get up when I fall.
2018, Jhariah Clare, “Sunsets (Resilience)”, in The Great Tale of How I Ruined it All:Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.
2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019:It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.
Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.
2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
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(countable) A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
And the having individually entertained four such resolves, without perceiving that once brought together, they all mutually expire; this, this ineffable folly, Pierre, brands thee in the forehead for an unaccountable infatuate!
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:His resolve to die is weakening as he grows accustomed to Sophie's absence, and all his attempts to master irresolution only augment it.
1995, William Arctander O'Brien, Novalis, Signs of Revolution, page 56:
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(countable) An act of resolving something; resolution.
Some operations require data that, in turn, requires that lightweight components be resolved. In these cases, this option determines whether the user is prompted to approve the resolve or whether components are just resolved automatically.
2008, Matt Lombard, SolidWorks 2007 Bible, page 956:Still, my mother said she loved me and the conversation soon ended, without resolve; possibly, this is also a dialog which is only beginning, or rather continuing.
1986, Daniel Garrett, “Creating Ourselves: An Open Letter”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 94:
Forms
Relateds
set of one's jaw
Synonyms
resoluteness · fortitude · tenacity · sticktoitiveness · inner strength
Translations (25)
pl stanowczość (will power) · nl wilskracht (will power) · hi निश्चय (will power) · ja 決意 (will power) · fr détermination (will power) · nl vastbeslotenheid (will power) · hu akaraterő (will power) · pdt Väanämungsjeist (will power) · de Entschlossenheit (will power) · mi niwha (will power) · pl zdecydowanie (will power) · sv beslutsamhet (will power) · mi pūtohe (will power) · txb pratiṃ (will power) · fi tahdonvoima (will power) · da viljekraft (will power) · ru реши́мость (will power) · es resolución (will power) · hi संकल्प (will power) · ru реши́тельность (will power) · mi pukutohe (will power) · ca resolució (will power) · hi इच्छाशक्ति (will power) · ru сме́лость (will power) · bg решителност (will power)
resolve en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈzɔlv/ (US)
- /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ (US)
- /ɹɪˈzɒlv/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ɹiːˈzɒlv/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolvō (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- + solve. Piecewise doublet of re-solve.
Meanings
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(transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
Exeter. Shall I call in Thambaſſadors my Liege? / King. Not yet my Couſin, til we be reſolude / Of ſome ſerious matters touching vs and France.
1599 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Cronicle History of Henry the Fift, […] (First Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Tho[mas] Millington, and Iohn Busby […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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(transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
Resolve my doubt.
c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:If such a dreamy touch should fall,
O turn thee round, resolve the doubt,
My guardian angel will speak out
In that high place, and tell thee all.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 66:to resolve a riddle
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(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
I resolve to finish this work before I go home.
At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]
1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: […] Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:
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(transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
He was resolved by an unexpected event.
Gentlemen, importune me no farther, / For hovv I firmly am reſolu'd you knovv: / That is, not to beſtovv my yongeſt daughter, / Before I haue a husband for the elder: […]
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 210, column 2, lines 50–51:
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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.
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(intransitive, reflexive, transitive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill.
And ye Immortal Souls, that once vvere Men, / And novv reſolv’d to Elements agen.
1665 (first performance), John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or, The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act II, scene (please specify |scene=i or ii), page 15:O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, / Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
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To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries.
1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:Reſolve me Reaſon, vvhich of theſe is vvorſe, / VVant vvith a full, or vvith an empty purſe: […]
1733 (indicated as 1732), [Alexander] Pope, Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle to the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 16:In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it cannot be equalled by any region.
1596, Walter Raleigh, The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa:She was proceeding in this manner when the surgeon entered the room. The lieutenant immediately asked how his patient did. But he resolved him only by saying, "Better, I believe, than he would have been by this time, if I had not been called; and even as it is, perhaps it would have been lucky if I could have been called sooner."
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
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To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
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To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
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To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
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(rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
With milke-white Hartes vpon an Iuorie ſled, / Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles, / And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops: / Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, (please specify the page):
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(intransitive, rare, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline.
1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:
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(obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
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(dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
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(obsolete) To relax; to lie at ease.
resolve himself into all sports and looseness again
1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter:
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To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
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(archaic, transitive) To solve (an equation, etc.).
Forms
Deriveds
superresolve · resolvability · unresolve · preresolve · resolvase · resolvable · misresolve · time-resolved · reresolve · self-resolving · resolver · proresolving · resolvend
Synonyms
tease out · resolve · ravel · decipher · solve · unpuzzle · unsolve · iron out · meliorate · upsolve · unravel · think out · absolve · upsolve · riddle · reason out · work out · unriddle · work out · decipher · puzzle out · get to the bottom of · sleuth · Any from Thesaurus:untangle
Translations (140)
cs vyřešit (to find a solution to) · ga scaoil (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance) · ja 決心する (to make a firm decision) · de lösen (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften) · fi ratkaista (to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain) · enm resolven (medicine: to disperse or scatter) · de stimmen (vt.) (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance) · fr résoudre (to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers) · ro conchide (to make a firm decision) · bg разлагам (to break down into constituent parts) · fa حل کردن (to find a solution to) · de lösen (to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain) · nl besluiten (to make a firm decision) · nl zich voornemen (to make a firm decision) · es resolver (to find a solution to) · ja 解く (to find a solution to) · de sich entspannen (to relax; to lie at ease) · enm resolven (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften) · enm resolven (to break down into constituent parts) · ru реши́ться (to make a firm decision) · pt decidir (to find a solution to) · it risolvere (to find a solution to) · fi ratkaista (to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain) · ja 分解する (to find a solution to) · de lösen (to come to an agreement) · es resolver (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance) · fi sulattaa (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften) · ko 결정하다 (to make a firm decision) · de lösen (to find a solution to) · te పరిష్కరించు (to find a solution to) · ar حَلَّ (to find a solution to) · fi rentoutua (to relax; to lie at ease) · fi ottaa rennosti (to relax; to lie at ease) · bg втечнявам (to liquefy a gas or vapour) · es zanjar (to find a solution to) · fi levitä (medicine: to disperse or scatter) · it scomporre (to break down into constituent parts) · sv besluta (to make a firm decision) · cmn 解析 (to find IP address or entity) · ro rezolva (to find a solution to) · enm resolven (to find a solution to) · mi whakatatū (to find a solution to) · it liquefare (to liquefy a gas or vapour) · hu elhatároz (to make a firm decision) · fr se résoudre (to make a firm decision) · de sich auflösen (to break down into constituent parts) · fr résoudre (to find a solution to) · ja 決定する (to make a firm decision) · de sich entschließen (to make a firm decision) · de sich einigen (to come to an agreement) · ca resoldre (to make a firm decision) · oc solucionar (to find a solution to) · fi ratkaista (to come to an agreement) · fi selvittää (to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain) · ru реша́ть (to find a solution to) · fi hajottaa (to break down into constituent parts) · it risolvere (to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers) · de streuen (vi.) (medicine: to disperse or scatter) · fi sulaa (to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid) · cmn 解決 /解决 (to find a solution to) · pt resolver (to find a solution to) · it sciogliere (to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid) · ko 해결하다 (to find a solution to) · fi varmistaa (to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain) · nl oplossen (to find a solution to) · de überzeugen (to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain) · la statuō (to make a firm decision) · de auflösen (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften) · eo solvi (to find a solution to) · ko 다짐하다 (to make a firm decision) · de auflösen (to break down into constituent parts) · it smantellare (to break down into constituent parts) · ro hotărî (to make a firm decision) · it disintegrare (to break down into constituent parts) · bg решавам (to find a solution to) · ga scaoil (to find a solution to) · es resolver (to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers) · grc διαλύω (to find a solution to) · ru постанови́ть (to make a firm decision) · ca solucionar (to find a solution to) · fi selittää (to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain) · lt išspręsti (to find a solution to) · de ermitteln (IP-Adresse) (to find IP address or entity) · pl rozwiązywać (to find a solution to) · hu megold (to find a solution to) · th ตั้งใจ (to make a firm decision) · th ตั้งมั่น (to make a firm decision) · de einstimmen (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance) · hi संकल्प करना (to make a firm decision) · it accordare (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance) · bg разсейвам се (medicine: to disperse or scatter) · bg разтварям (to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid) · sv resolvera (to make a firm decision) · de erweichen (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften) · fi purkaa (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance) · de aufweichen (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften) · de sich entschließen (to determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind) · de lösen (to break down into constituent parts) · io rezolvar (to make a firm decision) · pl rozwiązać (to find a solution to) · pt resolver (to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers) · nl beslissen (to make a firm decision) · fi selvittää IP-osoite (to find IP address or entity) · de Symbol dekodieren (Computersprache) (to find IP address or entity) · ru реши́ть (to find a solution to) · it decidere (to make a firm decision) · de sich zersetzen (to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid) · de schmelzen (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften) · sv lösa (to find a solution to) · ca resoldre (to find a solution to) · fi vakuuttaa (to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain) · pt resolver (to make a firm decision) · enm resolven (to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid) · oc resòlver (to find a solution to) · de verflüssigen (to liquefy a gas or vapour) · de auflösen (to find a solution to) · cmn 決心 /决心 (to make a firm decision) · pl postanowić (to make a firm decision) · fi ratkaista (to find a solution to) · it accordarsi (to find a solution to) · pl postanawiać (to make a firm decision) · es resolver (to make a firm decision) · hi ठानना (to find a solution to) · ru реша́ться (to make a firm decision) · fi päättää (to make a firm decision) · pl rozwiązać (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance) · de sich verbreiten (medicine: to disperse or scatter) · ht rezoud (to find a solution to) · de sich ausbreiten (medicine: to disperse or scatter) · fi nesteyttää (to liquefy a gas or vapour) · de verflüssigen (to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften) · de beschließen (to make a firm decision) · hu megfejt (to find a solution to) · enm resolven (to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain) · ko 결심하다 (to make a firm decision) · de sich überzeugen (to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain) · cmn 決定 /决定 (to make a firm decision) · th มุ่งมั่น (to make a firm decision) · mi whakamāhuki (to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain) · pl rozwiązywać (to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance)