Meaning of 'resolve' (Webster Dictionary)
- The act of resolving or making clear; resolution;
solution.
- That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive
conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official
determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.
- To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the
constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes,
to melt, or dissolve.
- To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of
complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free
from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up,
or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle.
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to
inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in
mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.
- To express, as an opinion or determination, by
resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; -- followed
by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house)
that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money).
- To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; --
used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee
of the whole.
- To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several
things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the
answer to, or the result of.
- To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation
or a tumor.
- To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several
tendencies, resulting in a concord.
- To relax; to lay at ease.
- To be separated into its component parts or distinct
principles; to undergo resolution.
- To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.
- To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.
- To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to
determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.
Meaning of 'resolve' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the trait of being resolute
Example in sentence:- his resoluteness carried him through the battle;
- it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work
Meaning (2):
- make clearly visible
Example in sentence:- can this image be resolved?
Meaning (3):
- reach a decision
Example in sentence:- he resolved never to drink again
Meaning (4):
- find the solution
Example in sentence:- solve an equation;
- solve for x
Meaning (5):
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
Example in sentence:- The case was decided;
- The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance;
- The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
Meaning (6):
- understand the meaning of
Example in sentence:- The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered
Meaning (7):
- cause to go into a solution
Example in sentence:- The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water
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