resolve

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin resolvō.

Pronunciation

To solve again

• (UK) IPA: /ɹiˈsɒlv/, SAMPA: /ri"sQlv/
• Rhymes: -ɒlv
• (US) IPA: /ɹiˈsɑlv/, SAMPA: /ri"sAlv/
• Rhymes: -ɑlv

Other senses

• (UK) IPA: /ɹɪˈzɒlv/, /ɹiːˈzɒlv/, SAMPA: /rI"zQlv/, /ri:"zQlv/
• Rhymes: -ɪzɒlv or Rhymes: -iːzɒlv
• (US) IPA: /ɹiːzɒlv/

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Verb

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.

4. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
5. (music) to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
6. (computing) to find the IP address of a hostname by using utilities such as a ping
7. (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
8. (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
9. (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).

Related terms

• solve
• resolute
• resolution
• resolvable
• resolver

Translations

find a solution to

Arabic: حل (ħálla) Catalan: resoldre (ca), solucionar (ca) Chinese: 解决 (jiějué) Czech: vyřešit (cs) Dutch: oplossen (nl) Finnish: ratkaista (fi) French: résoudre (fr) German: auflösen (de) Hungarian: megold (hu), megfejt (hu)

Italian: risolvere (it) Japanese: 解く (とく, toku), 分解する (ぶんかいする, bunkai-suru) Korean: 해결하다 (haegyeolhada) Portuguese: resolver (pt) Romanian: rezolva (ro) Russian: решать (rešát’) Spanish: resolver (es) Swedish: lösa (sv) Telugu: పరిష్కరించు (parishkarimchu)

solve again

Dutch: opnieuw (nl) oplossen (nl)

Swedish: lösa om (sv)

make a firm decision

Catalan: resoldre (ca) Chinese: 决定 (jueding), 决心 (juexin) Dutch: besluiten (nl), beslissen (nl), zich (nl) voornemen (nl) Finnish: päättää (fi) French: se résoudre

Hungarian: elhatároz (hu) Japanese: 決定する (けっていする, kettei-suru), 決心する (けっしんする, kessin-suru) Portuguese: resolver (pt) Romanian: conchide (ro), hotărî (ro) Swedish: besluta (sv),resolvera (sv)

find the IP address

Finnish: selvittää (fi)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Noun

resolve (plural resolves)

1. Determination, will power.

   It took all my resolve to go through with it.

   • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:

     Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.

Translations

will power

Catalan: resolució (ca) f.

Dutch: wilskracht (nl) f., vastbeslotenheid (nl) f.

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Italian

Verb

resolve

1. third-person singular present indicative of resolvere

Anagrams

• solvere
• svelerò
• svolere

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Latin

Verb

resolve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of resolvō

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Portuguese

Verb

resolve

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of verb resolver.
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of verb resolver.