Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)Determination; will power.

    It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.

    Entschlossenheit

    реши́мостьrešímostʹ, реши́тельностьrešítelʹnostʹ, сме́лостьsmélostʹ

  2. (countable)A determination to do something; a fixed decision.

  3. (countable)An act of resolving something; resolution.

More definitions
  • a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
  • the trait of being resolute

Examples

200 sentences
  1. We've resolved the problem.

    Ми вирішили проблему. — deniko

    ruМы решили проблему. — odexed

    deWir haben das Problem gelöst. — freddy1

  2. The problem has been resolved.

    Проблему було вирішено. — deniko

  3. We haven't resolved anything yet.

    Ми ще нічого не вирішили. — deniko

  4. Tom had trouble resolving the situation.

    ruУ Тома были проблемы с улаживанием ситуации. — odexed

  5. I hope this is resolved quickly.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
will power:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
will power:

Origin

From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resol

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.

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Forms

plural: resolves
Singularresolve
Pluralresolves

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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