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Resolve

Definitions: Resolve

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".

2. A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote.

Verb

1. Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff".

2. Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation.

3. Reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again".

4. Understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered".

5. Make clearly visible, as of images in optics.

6. Find the solution to; "solve an equation".

7. Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "resolve" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Synonyms: Resolve

Synonyms: declaration (n), firmness (n), resoluteness (n), resolution (n), answer (v), break up (v), conclude (v), decide (v), dissolve (v), purpose (v), settle (v), solve (v). (additional references)
Antonym: irresoluteness (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Resolve

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Continuance in action

Verb: be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change.

Convert into, resolve into; make, render; mold, form; remodel, new model, refound, reform, reorganize; assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.

Decomposition

Verb: decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse; unravel; (unroll); crumble into dust.

Discovery

Solve, resolve, elucidate; unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open; pick up, open the lock; find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle; interpret; disclose.

Inquiry

Examine, study, consider, calculate; dip into, dive into, delve into, go deep into; make sure of, probe, sound, fathom; probe to the bottom, probe to the quick; scrutinize, analyze, anatomize, dissect, parse, resolve, sift, winnow; view in all its phases, try in all its phases; thresh out.

Intention

Decision, determination, resolve; fixed set purpose, settled purpose; ultimatum; resolution; wish; arriere pensee; motive.

Interpretation

Find out; a the meaning; of; read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines.

Liquefaction

Verb: render liquid; liquefy, run; deliquesce; melt. (heat); solve; dissolve, resolve; liquate; hold in solution; condense, precipitate, rain.

Predetermination

Verb: predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert; resolve beforehand, predesignate.

Noun: predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation, predetermination; foregone conclusion, fait accompli; parti pris; resolve, propendency; intention; project; fate, foredoom, necessity.

Resolution

Verb: have determination; Noun: know one's own mind; be resolved; Adjective: make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide; (judgment); form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step; (choice); take upon oneself; (undertake).

Noun: determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve; (intent); firmness; (stability); energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness; (courage); zeal; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Resolve

English words defined with "resolve": acuity, arbitrationcasting vote, casuistic, casuistical, casuistry, ceaselessly, continuouslyendlesslyfactor, factor in, factor out, factorise, factorizeHobbesincessantly, Incidematerial witness, mediationop art, overtime periodPreresolve, profitableRe-resolve, Resolution of a nebula, Resolvedly, runoffsharp-sightednessThomas Hobbes, To appoint one's self, To make up one's mind, To promise one's self, To resolve a nebula, transfer agentunceasingly, unendingly, Unformvisual acuity. (references)

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Modern Usage: Resolve

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Build up your resolve, not your genitals! (The Road to Wellville; writing credit: Alan Parker)

I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. (Tora! Tora! Tora!; writing credit: Ladislas Farago; Larry Forrester)

I resolve never to do a dishonest act, or take part in any thieving, robbing, or false undertaking. (Bad Company; writing credit: Robert Benton; David Newman)

Lyrics

Lets resolve (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah)

If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks (Hook; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Wanna resolve things in a bloodier way (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre)

I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day (Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; performing artist: The Police)

Movie/TV Titles

Tererê Não Resolve (1938)

Arthur's Desperate Resolve (1916)

Falcon: Operation Infinite Resolve (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Resolve

DomainTitle

Books

  • Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy? How to Resolve the Most Common Dilemmas with Aging Parents (reference)

  • Finding the Energy to Heal: How EMDR, Hypnosis, TFT, Imagery, and Body-Focused Therapy Can Help Resolve Health Problems (Norton Professional Books) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Ceres, Celestial Legend - Resolve (Vol. 4) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Resolve

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Poster designed by Allen Sandburg, issued by the Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., in 1942, in remembrance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The poster also features a quotation from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "... we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ...".Credit: NAVY.

Poster designed by Allen Sandburg, issued by the Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., in 1942, in remembrance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The poster also features a quotation from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "... we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ...".Credit: NAVY.

Poster designed by Allen Sandburg, issued by the Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., in 1942, in remembrance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The poster also features a quotation from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "... we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ...".Credit: NAVY.

A resolve. Cousin Kate--now that you are well off, Charles, you mustn't let them say of you, a fool and his money are soon parted. Charles--no, you bet I won't; I'll show them that I'm an exception to the rule.Credit: Library of Congress.

That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain ... / Berryman.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Resolve

AuthorQuotation

Aeschylus

His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.

Benjamin Franklin

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

Edward Gibbon

A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Resolve and thou art free.
Resolve, and thou art free.

Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

Matthew Arnold

Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.

Rene Descartes

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

William Shakespeare

For I am full of spirit and resolve to meet all perils very constantly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Resolve

AuthorDateQuotation

Abraham Lincoln

1863

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

There is deep sympathy and goodwill in Britain - and I doubt not here also - towards the peoples of all the Russias and a resolve to persevere through many differences and rebuffs in establishing lasting friendships. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

This discussion and our own investigation convince us that, although these sources cast some light, it is not enough to resolve the problem with which we are faced. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Resolve

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

But neither geography nor tranquillity could come all at once, and Emma was now in a humour to resolve that they should both come in time.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Hereupon, Fauchelevent formed a supreme resolve.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

I will resolve you herein presently.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

It was surprising how quickly he made up his mind and put his resolve into execution.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Resolve

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This is a particularly important issue to resolve. (references)

These changes may progress with time and never resolve. (references)

Most infections are uncomplicated and resolve completely. (references)

Business

Embassy, and Jiangxi officials to resolve the dispute. (references)

Local contractors or engineers will then be needed to resolve problems in the equipment. (references)

These communities apply traditional law to resolve a variety of disputes, including allegations of crimes. (references)

Children

Peru

When these offices cannot resolve cases, officials typically refer them to the local prosecutors' offices of the Public Ministry. (references)

Australia

The federal Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission receives complaints regarding children and attempts to resolve those that it finds valid. (references)

Peru

At the grassroots level, 1,010 Children's Rights and Welfare Protection Offices receive and resolve complaints ranging from physical and sexual abuse to child support, abandonment, and undetermined guardianship. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

The station was attempting to resolve the dispute at year's end. (references)

Afghanistan

The Taliban established Islamic courts to judge criminal cases and resolve disputes. (references)

Vietnam

Senior government and party leaders traveled to several provinces to try to resolve citizen complaints. (references)

Economic History

Georgia

Efforts to resolve these disputes have had mixed results. (references)

South Africa

USTR is continuing to monitor progress in efforts to resolve the dispute. (references)

Qatar

The local civil courts look into disputes that the Ministry cannot resolve. (references)

Human Rights

Mauritius

The NHRC first tries to resolve complaints through conciliation. (references)

Guatemala

Courts sometimes took months to resolve even patently frivolous appeals. (references)

Brazil

As of September, seven had been built, but they have failed to resolve overcrowding. (references)

Indigenous People

Venezuela

In 1998 the Government agreed to work with the NGO's under IACHR mediation to resolve the case. (references)

Australia

In 1993 the federal Parliament passed the Native Title Act, which established a National Native Title Tribunal to resolve native title applications through mediation. (references)

Canada

In 1999 Quebec gave the Mohawks increased fiscal rights and powers, and the first summit in 11 years between Quebec's First Nations and the provincial government was held to establish a permanent policy forum to resolve ongoing issues. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

Since 1994 there has been a series of negotiations between Nepal and Bhutan to resolve the Bhutanese refugee problem. (references)

Kuwait

An Executive Committee in Charge of the Bidoon under the Ministry of Interior has been designated to resolve the issue. (references)

Romania

This protocol helped resolve most complaints of discrimination against Roma in the health system and sponsored several vaccination campaigns for Roma children. (references)

Political Economy

Uae

The UAE seeks to resolve this dispute through peaceful means. (references)

COSTA RICA

The courts take an average of eight years to resolve civil suits. (references)

MALAYSIA

CDRC leadership has pledged to resolve outstanding cases by August 2002. (references)

Political Rights

Somalia

Both Yusuf and Jama continued to claim the presidency, and efforts continued to resolve the conflict at year's end. (references)

Lesotho

In October 1998, the LCD and the newly formed opposition alliance agreed to hold new elections within 2 years to resolve the ongoing political crisis. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

The STA established an advisory committee to resolve tax disputes brought by foreign companies. (references)

Travel

Kenya

In most instances, mail, fax or telephone communications are sufficient, but the understanding developed through periodic personal visits is the best way to keep distributors apprised of new developments and to resolve problems quickly. (references)

Women

Uruguay

A government office of assistance for victims of domestic violence trains police how to resolve complaints of violence against women. (references)

East Timor

Women's groups were concerned that the CNRT was encouraging women to resolve rape and domestic violence cases through traditional rules, which usually provide only for compensation to be paid to the victim. (references)

Worker Rights

San Marino

Effective mechanisms exist to resolve complaints. (references)

Grenada

Mechanisms exist to resolve complaints of discrimination. (references)

Malawi

A registered union must attempt to resolve the issue through mediation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Resolve

SpeakerPhrase(s)

House Minority Whip David Bonior

Well, I think we needed to resolve this before we got here this week, obviously, and this was in the making for a number of weeks prior to the decision that was made here. I'm glad that it's in the past, I'm glad it's behind us.

Rush Limbaugh

The framers who wrote and adopted our Constitution understood that they couldn't resolve the slavery issue at the time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Resolve

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921United alike in the conception of our duty and in the high resolve to perform it in the face of all men, let us dedicate ourselves to the great task to which we must now set our hand.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953I accept it with a deep resolve to do all that I can for the welfare of this Nation and for the peace of the world.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969One or more Presidents will try to resolve them or try to contain them in the years that are ahead of us.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977With resolve and wisdom on the part of both nations, a good agreement is well within reach this year.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Together let us make of this time of challenge and danger a decade of national resolve and of brave achievement.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Building a more peaceful world requires sound strategy and the national resolve to back it up.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Let us renew our resolve to make our capital city a great city for all who live and visit here.

George W. Bush

2001-2005By our resolve, we will give strength to others.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Resolve

"Resolve" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 75.49% of the time. "Resolve" is used about 1,667 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)75.49%1,2596,228
Noun (singular)17.91%29916,795
Lexical Verb (base form)6.41%10731,463
Noun (proper)0.18%3202,518
                    Total100.00%1,667N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Resolve

Expressions using "resolve": if you resolve upon going resolve a problem resolve beforehand resolve itself resolve smth. into its elements resolve to resolve upon steady resolve To resolve a nebula try to resolve. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "resolve": Re-resolve.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Resolve

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Resolve

Language Translations for "resolve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zgjidhet, zgjidh (annul, arrange, cancel, dispose, dispose of, dissolve, do, iron out, settle, solve, unbind, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unlace, unleash, unlock, unravel, untie, work, work out), zbërthej (analyse, analyze, break down, crack, decompose, demount, diffract, disarticulate, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismount, disperse, dissolve, Plumb, pull apart, puzzle out, take to pieces, unbuckle, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unlock, unnail), zbërthehem, votoj (cast a ballot, poll, vote through), vendosmëri (dash, dead set, decision, decisiveness, determination, firmness, flatness, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, steadiness), vendos (arrange, be determined, Canton, choose, compose, conclude, dare, decide, determine, dispose, elect, elicit, emplace, establish, fix, house, induct, instal, install, instate, judge, lay, locate, make up one's mind, place, propose, put, quarter, recline, rule, seat, set, settle, situate, station, Stow, take the plunge, will), vendim (award, decision, decree, decretal, deliverance, determination, judgement, judgment, resolution, ruling, sentence, verdict), tretem (decompose, melt, pine), marr vendim (be determined). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فصل (adjudge, adjudicate, arrive at a resolution, break, break up, cashier, cut, cut off, decide, decision, demarcation, detach, detail, determine, discharge, disconnect, disconnection, disentangle, disjoin, disjunction, dismiss, displace, displacement, dissociate, dissociate oneself from, dissociation, disunite, divide, division, elaborate, expel, fire, have a final word, isolate, isolation, itemize, judge, lay off, make a decision, part, particularize, parting, partition, remove, render a judgement, sack, seclude, seclusion, segregate, segregation, separate, separation, set apart, settle, sever, severance, sunder, wean), ‏نحل (attenuate, decompose, degenerate, disband, disentangle, disintegrate, dissolve, emaciate, loosen, melt, pervert, pine, slim, thin, unravel, untie, unwind), ‏قرار (award, burden, chorus, decision, decree, deliverance, doom, judgement, refrain, resolution, ruling, sentence), ‏قرر (affirm, be decided, be determined, be resolved to, choose, conclude, condition, decide, destine, determine, dispose, establish, figure, figure out, fix, make acknowledge, make confess, make up one's mind, plump for, propose, regulate, rule, set, settle, state), ‏حلل (analyse, analyze, anatomize, construe, dissect, take apart, take to pieces, test), ‏حل عقدة الرواية, ‏حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solve, solvent, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), ‏تصميم (design, designing, drawing, format, idea, intention, layout, mock up, modelling, planning, purpose, resoluteness, resolution, styling, will), ‏عقد النية على, ‏صمم (block out, deafness, design, devise, engineer, mold, mould, pattern, plan, premeditate, project, promise, rough, sketch, will), ‏صرف (absolute, chuck, count, creak, dismiss, dismissal, double, downright, earn, exchange, groan, pay, pay away, pure, put out, receive, scrape, shake, shrift, sterling, turn away, unadulterated, unalloyed, vent, withdraw), ‏إعتزم (contemplate, go, intend, mean, plan, propose), ‏بدد (burn, dally, dawdle, devour, disperse, dissipate, fool, fritter, melt, scatter, slattern, spend, spoil, squander, throwaway, waste). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разрешавам (allow, authorise, authorize, determine, knit up, let, licence, license, pass, permit, provide for, sanction, suffer), превръщам се (convert, melt, merge), анализирам (analyse, analyze, break down, criticize, decompose, dissect, process), вземам решение (adjudicate, decide), кураж (cheer up, courage, fortitude, mettle, pecker, spunk), твърдост (constancy, crispness, endurance, firmness, fixedness, forcefulness, fortitude, granite, hardness, resolution, rigidity, sand, stability, stoicism, substance, tenacity), разпадам се (crumble, disintegrate, dissociate, molder away, moulder away), разлагам (analyse, analyze, break down, contaminate, decompose, degrade, disintegrate, dissolve, molder, putrefy, scan), подтиквам (actuate, fillip, goad, help forward, hypo, impel, incite, inspire, invigorate, invite, move, prod, prompt, provoke, spur, stir up, urge on), разтварям (dissolve, expand, melt, open, unclasp, unclose, unfold), стигам до развръзка, разсейвам (dispel, disperse, dissipate, distract, illumine, lay, put off, quell, satisfy, scatter), решителност (chopping, crispness, decision, determination, finality, firmness, flatness, pluck, resolution), решавам (adjudicate, choose, conclude, decide, determine, elect, figure out, make up one's mind, seal, settle, solve, work), решение (adjudication, answer, award, conclusion, decision, determination, judgement, judgment, pronouncement, resolution, say so, sentence, settlement, solution, verdict, working out), слагам край на (end, quash, quench, tip), свеждам се (boil down), скланям (bring round, decline, induce, inflect, persuade, win, win over, win round), разнасям се. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

解決 (to resolve, to settle, to solve), 决心 (Determination), 下決心 (determine), 分解 (break down, decompose). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozpustit (break up, disband, dismiss, dissolve, fuse, melt, take down), rozptýlit (amuse, banish, diffuse, dispel, disperse, dissipate, distract, divert, strew), rozložit (decompose, diffract, disassemble, disintegrate, distribute, spread, unfold), rozhodnutí (adjudgement, adjudgment, adjudication, award, call, decision, determination, judgement, verdict), rozhodnout (adjudge, adjudicate, choose, decide, decree, determine, seal), vysvìtlit (account for, air, clear up, define, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, interpret, set light to), vyřešit (crack, figure out, puzzle out, settle, solve, straighten, unscramble), usnesení (decree), přimìt (bring, gain over, get to, induce, influence), odhodlání. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ontbinden (abjure, abolish, abrogate, analyse, analyze, annul, cancel, remit). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مقررداشتن (Adjudge, Adjudicate, Assign, Award, Doom, Enjoin, Govern, Provision), تصمیم گرفتن (Decide, Determine), رفع کردن (Eliminate, Obviate, Remove, Solve), رای دادن (Election, Sentence, Vote). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ratkaista (decide, determine, settle, solve, work), tehdä päätös (decide, determine, make up one's mind). (various references)

   

French

  

décider. (various references)

   

German

  

auflösen (analyse, break off, break up, cancel, clear up, close, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, dispel, disperse, dissolve, eliminate, let loose, liquidate, melt, solve, terminate, to disband, to disintegrate, to dissolve, to sever, undo, wind up). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αποφασίζω (decide, determine, make up my mind, rule, take decisions). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לפרק ל'ורמים (factor, factorize, solve, take apart), לחרוץ "ין (determine, sentence), ל"ואיל (agree, be consent, be willing, begin), ל"חליט (decide, determine, make up ones mind), "חלטיות (absoluteness, assertiveness, determination, finality, firmness, resoluteness). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

elhatározás (decision, determination, mind, resolution), határozat (decree, deliverance, order, regulation, resolution), eltökéltség (determination). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ketetapan hati (determination). (various references)

   

Italian

  

risolversi (bring, result), risolvere (decide, determine, dissolve, make up one's mind, settle, solve, thrash out, turn into, untie, work out), sciogliere (be dissolved, break up, crack, deatch, detach, disband, dissolve, loose, loosen, melt, release, render, set free, shake out, solve, thaw, unbend, unbind, unchain, undo, unfix, untie), decisione (adjudication, decision, decision making, determination, flatness, judgement, judgment, mind, recommendation, resolution, ruling), decidere (adjudicate, clinch, decide, determine, elect, make up one's mind, make up your mind, settle, take decisions, to decide). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

盲腸'散らす (to resolve appendicitis), 思い立つ (to resolve). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おもいたつ (to resolve), もうちょう'ちらす (to resolve appendicitis). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

결의. (various references)

   

Manx

  

skeaylley (bestrew, breed, cast loose, demobilization, diffract, diffuse, diffusion, disband, discharge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissipation, dissolution, dissolve, draw apart, drop away, leakage, liquidate, looseness, release, resolution, run out, scatter, scattering, scramble, slacken, slackening, slip, spread, spreading, spring, sprinkle, sprinkling, undoing, unfix, unfurl, unfurling), kiarail red y yannoo, kiarail (circumspection, cogitate, cogitation, design, destine, determine, intend, intention, prepare; care, provide, provision, purport, purpose, purvey, resolution, vigilance), cur jerrey er (conclude, cry off, discontinue, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, finish, sweep away). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

esolveray

   

Portuguese

  

resolver-se (burn out), resolver (choose, compose, conclude, decide, deem, dissolve, figure out, find, fix, iron oxide, meander, nail down, settle, solve, unravel, unriddle, work out), resolução (definition, determination, dictum, dissolvable, motion, purpose, resolution, resolution capability, resolving capability, resolving power, settling, step, working out), esclarecer (clarify, elucidation, enlighten, explain, illuminate, illustrate, instantiate, instruct, irradiate, justify, make do, post, solve, undeceive), decidir (adjudicate, award, decide, find, fix, govern, liquidate, make up one's mind, ordeal, overrun, settle, take decisions, to decide, will), decidir-se, decifrar (clear up, decipher, decode, find, guess, make out, read, spell out, to decipher, to decrypt, to decypher, unriddle, unscramble), decisão (decision, definition, determination, fine, gums, purpose, recommendation, Rede, resolution, settlement, settling, verdict, will), deliberar (accept or reject, confer, consult, debate, decide, deliberate, powwow), aclarar (clear up, interpretation), determinar (access, affix, appoint, ascertain, condition, define, destine, determinate, determine, fasten, fix, governable, make, make fast, order, post, prescribe, put, put in mind, route, secure, set, settle), tomar uma decisão, explanar, explicar (account, advance, clarify, construe, define, enumerate, explain, explicate, expound, gloss, illustration, instantiate, interpret, justify, lay out, represent, solve, tell, to explain, unriddle), propósito (attitude, function, intention, meaning, objective, purpose), determinação (ascertainment, determination, dissolution, injunction, resolution, settlement, will). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rezolva (clinch, compound, dispatch, do, expedite, piece up, settle, solve), transforma (alter, change, chop, commute, convert, fashion, idolize, modify, permute, recast, reduce, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn into), tãrie de caracter (force of character, grit, gut), se transforma (convert, develop, develop into, grow, pass into), se resorbi, se dezintegra (split), hotãrî (appoint, conclude, decide, destine, determine, fix, give, judge, make, persuade, rule, seal, settle, state, stipulate, will), hotãrâre (act, adjudgement, adjudgment, adjudication, award, conclusion, decision, decree, determination, dispensation, firmness, flatness, judgement, order, ordinance, peremptoriness, resoluteness, resolution, result, rule, sentence, stoutness, verdict, will, writ), dezintegra (degrade, disincorporate, disintegrate, dissolve, split), descompune (analyse, analyze, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, rot), decide (appoint, cause, decide, determine, fix, judge, state). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

решать (conclude, decide, determine, elect, judge, make up ~ mind, make up one's mind, settle, solve, solved, solves, work out). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

rešenost (decision), razložiti (decompose, disassemble, explain), rasturiti (disperse, dissipate, scatter), odlučnost (determination), odlučiti (choose, chose, conclude, decide, decree, determine, set one's mind on doing smth., settle, will). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resolución (definition, detection, determination, finality, purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolution capability, resolving capability, resolving power, spatial resolution). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lösa (cash, disengage, do, loose, pay, settle, solve, unchain, undo, unloose, unloosen, work out). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

gidermek (allay, appease, avert, clear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, efface, eliminate, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, iron out, obviate, quench, remove, repair, satisfy, slake, smooth away, smooth out, supply), çözmek (break, cipher out, compound, cut loose, decipher, defrost, detach, disengage, disentangle, figure out, loosen, puzzle out, read, reason, slack, slack up, solve, unbind, unbrace, unbuckle, uncoil, uncouple, undo, unfasten, unfix, ungird, unhitch, unlink, unloose, unpick, unravel, unriddle, unrope, unscramble, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, work out), önerge (memorial, motion, proposal, resolution), aklına koymak, analizini yapmak (test), ayırmak (abstract, allocate, allot, allow, appropriate, assort, book, choose, classify, comb, comb out, contradistinguish, cut off, cut out, demarcate, detach, devote, disband, discard, disembody, disjoin, disrupt, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, disunite, divert, divide, divorce, divorce from, earmark, except, hive off, insulate, intend for, isolate, keep apart, mark out, part, particularize, partition, partition off, pick out, portion, reduce, reserve, seclude, segregate, select, separate, sequester, set apart, set aside, sever, shut off, single out, snatch away from, snatch from, sort, sort out, spare, specialize, split, spread, spread out, sunder, sweep off, take apart, tear away, tear off, unpick, unstick, wall, winnow), ayrışmak (decompose, dissociate, separate), azim (constancy, determination, devoutness, doggedness, firm intention, pep, perseverance, purpose, resoluteness, resolution, steadfastness, strenght of purpose, tenacity, will, zeal), azmetmek (decide, intend, persevere, settle on, will), çözümlemek (analyse, analyze, clear up, construe, solve, sort, sort out), dönüştürmek (coke, convert, process into, reduce, transform, translate, transmute, transubstantiate, turn, turn into, turn to), yasa teklifi, haline getirmek (reduce, transform, work up into), halletmek (adjust, arrange, clear up, compound, dispatch, dispose of, dissolve, figure out, get things done, hurdle, lay on, lick, manage, overcome, polish off, solve, sort, sort out, Square, surmount, unriddle, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unzip, work out), karar (adjudication, award, conclusion, decider, decision, decree, determination, doom, fiat, finding, holding, judgement, resolution, sentence, verdict, vote), karar vermek (award, decide, hand down, make a decision, make up one's mind, return, settle), karara bağlamak (be decisive of, decree, hold, knit up), karara varmak (arrive at a decision, come to a decision, conclude, determine, find, judge, make a decision, make up one's mind, rule, take a decision), niyet (aim, contemplation, counsel, design, determination, faith, idea, intent, intention, plan, pulse, purpose, resolution, scope, sense, thought, will), tahlil etmek (analyse, analyze), dönüşmek (be transformed into, change, convert, expand, grow, pass, return to, shade, shade into, shade off, shade off into, transform, turn, turn into, turn to). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

ухвалювати резолюцію, рішеня, розщеплення (cleavage, decomposition, dissociation, fission, scission, splitting), розкладатися (canker, corrupt, decay, disintegrate, molder, moulder, putrefy, rot), розкладати (analyse, analyze, contaminate, dissipate, dissolve, set out, spread), розкладання (decay, decomposition, dissolution), резолюція (resolution), вирішувати (appoint, arbitrate, aread, choose, conclude, decide, decree, elect, settle, solve), намір (aim, animus, contemplation, dart, design, effect, intent, intention, notion, purpose, thought, view), зважуватися (appoint, chance, scale). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

quyết tâm (resolved), ý kiên quyết. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

penderfynu (determine). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Resolve

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

cerno, decreta, decreti, decretis, decreto, decretum, delibero, diluo, resolvere, scisco. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Resolve

Derivations

Words beginning with "resolve": resolved, resolvent, resolvents, resolver, resolvers, resolves. (additional references)

Words containing "resolve": unresolved. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Resolve" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desolve, Fesole, Krislov, resalve, reslave, reslove, resol, resolder, resolv, resovle, rosove. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Resolve"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "resolve" (pronounced rēzÄ"lv)
4-z Ä" l vabsolve, dissolve.
3-Ä" l vdevolve, evolve, involve, revolve, solve.

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Anagrams: Resolve

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-l-o-r-s-v"

-1 letter: elvers, levers, lovers, resole, revels, soever, solver.

-2 letters: elver, elves, erose, leers, lever, lores, loser, lover, loves, orles, overs, reels, revel, roles, roves, serve, servo, sever, solve, sorel, veers, verse, verso, voles.

-3 letters: eels, else, eros, ever, eves, leer, lees, levo, lore, lose, love, oles, ores, orle, over, reel, rees, revs, roes, role.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-l-o-r-s-v"
 

+1 letter: evolvers, overlets, overlies, oversale, oversell, relievos, resolved, resolver, resolves, revolves, shoveler, voleries.

 

+2 letters: coverless, coverlets, elevators, evildoers, grovelers, leftovers, levatores, obversely, ourselves, overflies, overlades, overleaps, overlends, overlives, overloves, overmelts, overplies, overrules, oversales, overscale, oversells, oversleep, overslept, overzeals, resolvent, resolvers, revolters, revolvers, shovelers, shoveller, sleepover, trueloves, verbosely, volleyers, werwolves.

 

+3 letters: conversely, developers, observable, overblouse, overcleans, overclears, overglazes, overlearns, overpedals, overpluses, oversalted, overscaled, oversimple, oversleeps, oversubtle, overvalues, overwhelms, paloverdes, redevelops, redissolve, resolvable, resolvents, revelators, shovellers, sleepovers, slovenlier, unresolved, velodromes, voltmeters, volumeters, volunteers, werewolves, wolverines, yourselves.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Resolve


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 73 6F 6C 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)