resolve
To find a solution to (a problem).
Verb 4 meanings
To find a solution to (a problem).
To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
“to resolve a riddle”
To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.
“I resolve to finish this work before I go home.”
To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
“He was resolved by an unexpected event.”
Noun 3 meanings
Determination; will power.
“It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.”
A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
An act of resolving something; resolution.
Etymology
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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RESOLVE at a glance
RESOLVE has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + S 1 + O 1 + L 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,354 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with resolve
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