resolve

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin resolvō.

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Particularly: “split up also? re-solve vs. resolve”

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To solve again
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Infinitive
to resolve

Third person singular
resolves

Simple past
resolved

Past participle
resolved

Present participle
resolving

to resolve (third-person singular simple present resolves, present participle resolving, simple past and past participle resolved)

  1. (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
  2. (transitive) To solve again.
    I’ll have to resolve the equation with the new values.
  3. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
    I resolve to finish this work before I go home.

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Singular
resolve

Plural
resolves

resolve (plural resolves)

  1. Determination, will power.
    It took all my resolve to go through with it.

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resolve

  1. Third-person singular present tense of resolvere.