resolve Definition

resolve
verb resolved, resolving

1. To decide firmly or to determine to do it.

Form: resolve on something (usually)
Form: resolve to do something
2. To find an answer to (a problem, question, etc).

Thesaurus: settle, solve, unravel, analyse, determine, conclude, dispel, clear, explain, disentangle, elucidate.
3. To take away or dispel (a doubt, difficulty, etc).
4. To bring (an argument, etc) to an end.
tr & intr
5. To decide, or pass (a resolution), especially formally by vote.
6. Said of a television screen, photographic film, etc: to produce an image of something in fine detail.
7. Said of a microscope, telescope, etc: to distinguish clearly (eg objects which are very close together).
tr & intr
8. music.
Said of a chord: to pass from discord into concord.
9a. To make something break up into separate or constituent parts or elements;
intr
9b. To break up into constituent parts.

Form: resolve into (often)
10. medicine.
To remove or disperse (a tumour or inflammation).

noun

1. Determination or firmness of purpose.

Thesaurus: determination, resolution, sense of purpose, willpower, conviction, courage, firmness; Antonym: indecision.
2. A firm decision; a resolution.

Derivative: resolvable
adj

Derivative: resolvability
noun

Derivative: resolver
noun

Etymology: 14c: from Latin solvere to loosen, dissolve.