resolve

Meaning

Verb

1. To find a solution to (a problem).
2. To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
3. To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
4. 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. 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. To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
12. To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
13. (obsolete) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
14. 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. To solve (an equation, etc.).

Noun

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

Synonyms

decide

determine

settle

solve

determination

resolution

conclude

rule

answer

make up one’s mind

make a decision

decision

dissolve

firmness

figure out

adjudicate

intend

purpose

unravel

break up

untie

choose

set

resoluteness

explain

intention

clear up

firmness of purpose

will

separate

fix

disentangle

ascertain

make up one's mind

promise

puzzle out

ambition

analyse

terminate

end

🔚

think

🤔

detach

know

analyze

understand

remove

make out

unsnarl

untangle

clean up

agree

cut

break

decipher

find a solution

design

declaration

decompose

break down

decree

sort out

spirit

excommunicate

execute

expel

explicate

fathom

finish

fire

🔥

flummox

fold

force out

forgive

fox

🦊

free

🆓

fuddle

gumption

hear

heart

❤️

heterodyne

immingle

immix

intermix

isolate

judge

🧑‍⚖️

judgement

jumble

keep apart

lay down

let loose

make sense

mark

meld

mingle

mix

mix in

mix up

morale

motley

nail

normalise

normalize

obfuscate

obscure

open

order

paddle

pardon

pertinacity

pledge

position

process

propose

purposefulness

randomise

ravel

ravel out

read

📖

ready

realize

recognition

recognize

rede

report

rile

ruling

rumple

satisfy

scramble

secern

see

👀

segregate

send down

separate off

separate out

sequester

sequestrate

set apart

set down

singleness

smooth out

snarl

sober

sophisticate

sort

spell out

steadfastness

stir

stir up

straighten out

stump

sunder

tangle

termination

toss

trace

transform

troubleshoot

tussle

uncouple

undertaking

undo

unriddle

unscramble

untwine

unweave

upset

vote

want

wish

work

wrap up

cap off

drum out

key out

make up my mind

negociate

puzzle over

tell apart

throw together

trouble-shoot

addiction

research

decide for

be intent

believe on firmly

have decided

direct the mind towards

judgment of conviction

secernate

severalise

severalize

vow

addle

adjust

adulterate

agitate

alter

apprehend

arrange

aspiration

assay

assess

assure

backbone

blend

canvas

cashier

cease

claim

clarify

clear

close

clutter

come apart

commingle

commix

compound

comprehend

concoct

confect

confuse

convert

convince

courage

decidedness

decompound

decouple

define

derange

descry

desire

determined

differentiate

disarrange

disarray

discriminate

disestablish

disintegrate

disjoin

dismiss

disorganize

disperse

disrupt

dissect

dissociate

distinguish

disunite

drive

drop

elect

enucleate

establish

estimate

Translations

résoudre

resolver

décider

beschließen

oplossen

decidir

resolución

beslissen

entscheiden

besluiten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzɒlv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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.

Sentences

Judge Clark found this disagreement difficult to resolve .

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