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Resolve

noun
/ɹiːˈzɒlv/
Word Frequency: 12.9

Definitions

1.nounDetermination; will power.
"It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery."
2.nounA determination to do something; a fixed decision.
3.nounAn act of resolving something; resolution.
4.verbTo find a solution to (a problem).
5.verbTo reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
"to resolve a riddle"
6.verbTo make a firm decision to do something.
"I resolve to finish this work before I go home."
7.verbTo determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
"He was resolved by an unexpected event."
8.verbTo 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."
9.verbTo break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
10.verbTo cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
11.verbTo cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
12.verbTo render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
13.verbTo find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
14.verbTo melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
15.verbTo melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
16.verbTo liquefy (a gas or vapour).
17.verbTo disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
18.verbTo relax; to lay at ease.
19.verbTo separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
20.verbTo solve (an equation, etc.).

Synonyms

fortitudeinner strengthresolutenesssticktoitivenesstenacitysolvedecideanswerpurposeresolutionconcludedeclaration

Rhymes With

absolveinvolvedissolveevolverevolvedevolvesolve
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