resolve

(Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
2. (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
3. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
4. (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
5. To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
6. (intransitive, reflexive, transitive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
7. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
8. To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
9. To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
10. To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
11. (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
12. (intransitive, rare, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
13. (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
14. (dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
15. (obsolete) To relax; to lie at ease.
16. To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
17. (archaic, transitive) To solve (an equation, etc.).

Noun

1. (uncountable) Determination; will power.
2. (countable) A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
3. (countable) An act of resolving something; resolution.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzɒlv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: resolven

In summary

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.

Concepts

résoudre

décider

résolution

solutionner

régler

se décider

comprendre

déterminer

arrêter

conclure

dénouer

dissoudre

fermeté

se fixer

se résoudre

se proposer

se résoudre à

statuer

juger

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piger

décomposer

remédier

répondre

réponse

déclaration

décision

saisir

scinder

courage

flancher

détacher

désagréger

disloquer

disséquer

couper

entendre

Synonymes

decide

determine

settle

solve

resolution

determination

conclude

answer

rule

make a decision

dissolve

decision

make up one’s mind

firmness

adjudicate

purpose

intend

figure out

resoluteness

set

unravel

untie

choose

break up

ascertain

separate

fix

intention

disentangle

explain

clear up

will

firmness of purpose

clean up

sort out

agree

spirit

decipher

terminate

promise

analyze

break

make out

analyse

break down

cut

know

puzzle out

end

🔚

ambition

Traductions

resolver

risolvere

resolver

beschließen

decidir

oplossen

decidere

decidir

resolución

resoldre

besluiten

entscheiden

beslissen

solucionar

çözmek

Phrases

Judge Clark found this disagreement difficult to resolve .

Le juge Clark a trouvé ce désaccord difficile à résoudre.

The diminished seventh contains two diminished fifths , which often resolve inwards .

Le septième diminué contient deux cinquièmes diminués, qui résolvent souvent vers l'intérieur.