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resolve English

Meaning resolve meaning

What does resolve mean?
Definitions in simple English

resolve Verb

— To resolve means to create a solution for a problem. — To resolve means to make a serious decision to do something. The President said: "I resolve to protect our country from terrorists."

resolve Noun

— If a person has resolve, they have determination. They know what they want and will not let anything keep them from getting it. Her resolve to stay on her diet was so strong that she didn't even eat any cake at her own birthday party. His resolve to quit smoking disappeared as soon as his friend offered him a cigarette.

resolve

— verb (= decide, settle, adjudicate) bring to an end; settle conclusively The case was decided The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance — verb reach a decision he resolved never to drink again — verb (= conclude) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation — verb (= answer) understand the meaning of The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered — verb (= solve) find the solution solve an equation solve for x — verb make clearly visible can this image be resolved? — noun (= resoluteness, resolution) the trait of being resolute his resoluteness carried him through the battle it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work — verb (= dissolve) cause to go into a solution The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water — noun (= resolution) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

Synonyms resolve synonyms

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resolve English » English

decide determine settle solve resolution determination conclude rule answer make up one’s mind make a decision dissolve decision firmness purpose intend figure out adjudicate untie unravel set resoluteness choose break up will separate intention fix firmness of purpose explain disentangle clear up ascertain untangle unsnarl understand think terminate spirit sort out remove puzzle out promise make up one's mind make out know find a solution end detach design

Topics resolve topics

What do people use resolve to talk about?
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Determined
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Intend
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Problem
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to trouble

Solve a problem

Conjugation resolve conjugation

How do you conjugate resolve?

resolve · verb

Examples resolve examples

How do I use resolve in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The problem will resolve itself eventually.
It is impossible to resolve the conflict.
You can resolve this as a system of equations.
I give you five minutes to resolve this issue.
It's time to resolve this question once and for all.
It's gonna be difficult to resolve this case.
Tom used his communication skills to resolve the conflict.
I want you to somehow resolve the situation as promptly and avoiding to cause trouble for my sister and those around us as much as possible.
Why is it necessary to resolve conflicts?
They try to resolve the problems of the city.
What problems are you planning to resolve next year?

Movie subtitles

It's because I saw it that I need to resolve this.
They hope to resolve Japan's internal contradictions through foreign conquest.
O that this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw, and resolve itself into a dew.
Can't we resolve this situation peacefully among us?
We're here because we can't resolve this ourselves.
Few people your age have that kind of resolve. Frankly, I was shocked to hear of your husband's plan.
He wants to do that personally. but he had to resolve topics non-postponable.
I will resolve you herein presently.
Why, then resolve me whether you will or no.
Darest thou resolve. to kill. a friend of mine?
These letters will resolve him of my mind.
Listen, you. Why do you have to ridicule his resolve?
I tried to tell you that getting things that way was no good and it was you that made me resolve to be through with it.
Nothing, just a business to resolve.
Lucy, what we want now is for us to explore how to resolve everything without going into battle.
We must resolve this sad misunderstanding peacefully.
An inflexible resolve to carry it out.
Come to resolve a complicated issue and out for you. Is that your signature?
I am glad that you thus combine your resolve to suck the sweets of sweet philosophy the mathematics and the botany.
At last, to resolve the matter, we did what now seems a frightfully romantic thing.
Please don't undermine my resolve just when I need it most.
MARTIN SLOAN IS NOW BACK IN TOWN AND HIS RESOLVE IS TO PUT A CLAIM TO HIS PAST.
It only strengthens my resolve.
In these times, it is a truly admirable resolve.
He finds your resolve most admirable and wishes you to be brought forward for an immediate audience.
A most admirable resolve.
I am ashamed to admit that even in this house known for martial valor since our ancestor Naomasa's day, the resolve you've shown is seen but rarely.
Why do humans use violence to resolve issues?
I firmly resolve not to offend You.
Aha, But first, resolve the puzzle!
Please don't undermine my resolve, just when I need it most.
And you also know in what elegant manner I've chosen to resolve them.
Is there a party more capable than mine to resolve the crisis?
Do you think I'd be the most capable of anyone to resolve the union problems and avoid the threatened general strike?

News and current affairs

The good news is that, following President Hu Jintao's recent visit to Washington, both America and China have been taking positive steps to resolve their differences over the bilateral current-account balance.
With the exception of the Obama administration's lack of resolve in denouncing the treatment of protesters by the US-allied regimes in Bahrain and Yemen, America's position on the Arab revolts has been welcomed.
And the longer America's politicians take to resolve the debt-ceiling issue, the greater the risk of an inadvertent accident.
Similarly, the US has urged both China and Japan to resolve peacefully their dispute over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.
Other countries would do well not to underestimate Obama's resolve; governments that have relations with Iran should emphasize that the time to make a deal is now.
Such proposals, if accepted, would help resolve the current dispute to everyone's satisfaction.
Ultimately, our progress depends on the resolve of everyone to transform the lives of the 1.5 billion people whose lives are marred by violence, conflict, and insecurity.
But CACs may not resolve the problem entirely, because a vote would be required for each separate bond issue, and a holdout position could be achieved by buying up the blocking percentage of a small issue.
The support that you and your colleagues will get from Israelis and Arabs will depend on the resolve that you show in making serious progress in the peace process.
But Chinese cooperation, though necessary, will not resolve the North Korea problem on its own.
Moreover, it implies that the crisis is fully under European control, and that the European authorities have elaborated a comprehensive plan that will resolve all of Greece's fiscal and structural problems.
But mayors are also the most knowledgeable about communication links within their communities, and are thus the most capable of organizing effective partnerships to address and resolve local issues.
From time to time Arab negotiators enter into discussions about the mundane issues that prospective neighboring states would need to resolve, such as political boundaries, security arrangements, and economic relations.
Trying to help resolve the situation peacefully, I was persuaded to negotiate at the Central Jakarta Police Station, but found to my horror that the mob leaders controlled the station.
To be sure, the EU recognized its need for a coherent strategy, and attempted to resolve it by establishing the European External Action Service and the position of High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
But adequate investment in mitigating the damage could partly resolve the problem.
The problem is that even if future Palestinian leaders want to resolve the issues that block peace with Israel, doing so will be far more difficult than it would have been for Arafat.
This might just be possible, because the emerging outlines of a new framework to resolve the ongoing sovereign-debt crisis contain a key component that was missing so far.
Beyond the resentment that such an attitude engenders, American exemptionalism directly undermines multilateral institutions' capacity to address challenges that the US is unwilling or unable to resolve on its own.
Once they resolve to continue their alliance with these purposes in mind, it should be possible for responsible officials to work out guiding principles for concrete security cooperation.
The only way to resolve this problem is for NATO to assert its pacific intentions before the world.
This time, however, we must resolve to remember Zoran Djindjic's cause--political and economic liberty--more than his blood sacrifice.
But she must convincingly outline practical strategies to resolve South Korea's most serious problems, including high unemployment, worsening educational performance, and North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
She favors engagement policy and the six-party talks so as to resolve the nuclear troubles.
Yet the emerging policy consensus contains no positive incentives to resolve the Darfur crisis.
That is not only because she is a poor public speaker, but also because she herself does not seem to know how to resolve the contradictions between national solutions and European constraints.

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