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resolution

A resolution is a formal decision, often after a vote. The U.S. may be willing to support a Security Council resolution backing the return of inspectors to Iraq. Resolution is the amount of detail that you can see in an image. This camera is cheaper, but, of course, the resolution is much lower. A resolution is a solution to a disagreement or difficult situation. The school holds classes in nonviolent conflict resolution. A resolution is a personal decision (not) to do something. My New Year's resolution was to quit smoking. Resolution is the power to try even when things are difficult. Her resolution to be honest never weakened.

resolution

a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote finding a solution to a problem (= resolving power) the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together (= resoluteness) the trait of being resolute his resoluteness carried him through the battle it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work analysis into clear-cut components (= settlement, closure) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making they finally reached a settlement with the union they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung) a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture (= solution, answer, result) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem they were trying to find a peaceful solution the answers were in the back of the book he computed the result to four decimal places

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My resolution was shaken when I heard about it.
The resolution to the problem was close at hand.
A resolution to the problem was more difficult than we anticipated.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the cease-fire resolution.
The resolution that a new road be built was passed.
He made a resolution to write in his diary every day.
My New Year's resolution is to learn how to play the ocarina.
Will you keep your New Year's resolution?
My New Year's resolution was to lose weight.
This picture has very low resolution, the quality is very low.
My resolution dissolved at the last moment.
Congress approved the resolution in October.
I have made a resolution to keep a diary this year.
We made a resolution to increase production.
The club failed to pass our resolution.
I didn't have the strength or resolution to argue with Tom.

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All materials were scanned in 2K resolution and digitally restored.
Accordingly, I offer a resolution for an immediate inquiry as to the fitness of my colleague to continue to sit in this chamber.
Mr President. I move for the immediate adoption of the resolution.
I'm about to ask for a roll-call on the passage of the resolution.
Question, your grace, our late ambassadors with what great state he heard their embassy, how well supplied with aged counsellors, how terrible in constant resolution.
And thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
I pull in resolution, and begin to doubt the equivocation of the fiend that lies like truth.
Fine resolution.
And in this resolution here we leave you.
A soldier's will before departing should convey his resolution to his family and inspire them to carry on in a fitting way.
What does a departing soldier's resolution imply?
Let him reaffirm his resolution.
Tonight, being as it's New Year's Eve, I'm gonna make a very special resolution.
The seducer will use tenderness and the firmest resolution not leaving any doubt to the object.
But at any rate, I think it is extraordinarily nice. that this embarrassing incident has come to such an innocent resolution.
We are few in numbers, but strong in resolution.
If we survive this expedition, gentlemen. the order I have given to destroy this armada. will go down in history as a monument to our resolution and courage.
Stand over a hot resolution all day?
I made a resolution last week.
Have you made a resolution?
What is the resolution of a soldier?
The seducer will use tenderness and the firmest resolution not leaving any doubt to the object. That is understood.
The resolution to do that was passed last Friday.
The thing we pay most dearly for, snatch from each other, fight for, the thing we only obtain by force of genius, or by luck, by meanness, by privation, by wild efforts, resolution, energy, audacity or work?
What's the resolution?
That's the resolution. - Get me the sheriff's office.
In actual fact. at the time of marrying you, I took a firm resolution.
A firm resolution?
But I made a firm resolution of never seeing you again.
And in this resolution here we leave you. Come, citizens.
But in addition I'd like to move another resolution.
At a reorganization meeting of the United Nations. a resolution was introduced. whereby these darkest days in the history of civilization. will henceforth be designated as The Year Zero.
The UN General Assembly, all motions having failed to obtain a majority, has passed a resolution ruling out any direct intervention in Algeria.
These Highlanders are men of high courage and resolution.

News and current affairs

Such a resolution would also include a carrot by guaranteeing Iran access to the non-dangerous parts of the nuclear energy fuel cycle.
By means of a binding UN Security Council resolution, Kosovo could be granted full and exclusive authority over its citizens and territory, as well as limited capacity for action on the international scene.
Any resolution - any suggestion of change - will engender new conflicts because of conflicting claims of sovereignty.
The financial sector requires tougher regulation, strengthened supervision, and internationally consistent resolution mechanisms to address the problems posed by very large, global institutions that are considered too big (or too complex) to fail.
The Iraq war and Israel's wars with Hamas and Hezbollah show the limits of what military power can achieve, as well as vindicate diplomacy and conflict resolution.
When it occasionally does, even for a short interval - as UN Resolution 1701 for cessation of hostilities in Lebanon seems to be holding - it is time to take stock of events in the hopes that a responsible debate may influence those in power.
Both America and Israel have cited foot-dragging in implementing UN Resolution 1559, which calls for disarming all non-state actors in Lebanon and the deployment of government forces all the way to the southern border.
The long overdue UN Resolution 1701 may, with its adoption, indicate that all parties are fatigued, or could no longer withstand international pressure.
By the end of 1999, divergence was complete: the United States and Britain were employing their air power to enforce the no-fly zones while France joined Russia and China in abstaining on resolution 1284.
A US veto of a Security Council resolution - supported by the Council's 14 other members - to oppose Israeli settlements seemed to signal that Obama had crumbled under pressure from America's pro-Israel lobby.
The Palestinian issue is not the source of all the Middle East's ills, but its resolution would dramatically improve America's standing among Arabs.
The path to a satisfactory resolution is clear: give the General Assembly a greater role in the selection of the Secretary General so that members would be delegating powers to an authority of their own choosing.
As the Millennium Development Goals' 2015 end date approaches, promotion of peace, security, and non-violent conflict resolution continues to be vitally important, and must be fully integrated into any future development agenda.
Clearly, no final agreement on water will be possible until there are agreed-upon borders between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine, and some resolution of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Even after many rounds of talks, no resolution is in sight, and Hu's visit is not expected to produce any breakthroughs.
Peaceful resolution of the Iranian question would help the US to complete its shift toward Asia.
This is to say nothing of the fiasco surrounding the withdrawn invitation to Iran, whose buy-in will be essential for any resolution.
The most important imprimatur should come from the United Nations, where debate should begin immediately over a resolution authorizing a no-fly zone.
But interim resolution of water issues does not need to wait for final resolution of the major issues.
Shared water calls for flexible, continuous, cooperative water management, based on agreed-upon rights and responsibilities, as well as ongoing monitoring and dispute resolution mechanisms.
In Spain in 2008, a parliamentary resolution urged the government to grant some basic legal rights to great apes, but the Spanish government has yet to implement it.
This forced Brazil and Turkey, both currently non-permanent members of the Security Council, to vote against the sanctions resolution.
Why, then, should the rest of the world leave the resolution of these disputes to America alone?
A successful outcome in the nuclear negotiations and resolution or even containment of the main regional conflicts will be difficult to achieve.
In fact, aside from some additional minor points, the European Council's resolution differs from the previous compromise in only one respect: IMF participation.

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