resolve

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɒlv/, /ɹiːˈzɒlv/ (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɑlv/, /ɹɪˈzɔlv/ Rhymes: -ɒlv ==== Verb ==== resolve (third-person singular simple present resolves, present participle resolving, simple past and past participle resolved) (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem). Synonyms: decipher, upsolve, work out; see also Thesaurus:solve (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action. (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle. To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain. (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance. (optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something. (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up. (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid). (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid. (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour). (medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour. (obsolete) To relax; to lie at ease. (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers. (mathematics, archaic, transitive) To solve (an equation, etc.). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== References ===== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “resolve”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. ==== Noun ==== resolve (countable and uncountable, plural resolves) (uncountable) Determination; will power. (countable) A determination to do something; a fixed decision. (countable) An act of resolving something; resolution. ===== Synonyms ===== fortitude, inner strength, resoluteness, sticktoitiveness, tenacity ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== set of one's jaw === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== resolve (third-person singular simple present resolves, present participle resolving, simple past and past participle resolved) Alternative spelling of re-solve. === Anagrams === Selover, reloves, Revelos == Italian == === Verb === resolve third-person singular present indicative of resolvere === Anagrams === solvere, svelerò, svolere, velsero == Latin == === Verb === resolve second-person singular present active imperative of resolvō == Middle English == === Verb === resolve alternative form of resolven == Portuguese == === Verb === resolve inflection of resolver: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative