RESOLVE


Meaning of RESOLVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪzɒlv ]

( resolves, resolving, resolved)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

To resolve a problem, argument, or difficulty means to find a solution to it. ( FORMAL )

We must find a way to resolve these problems before it’s too late...

VERB : V n

2.

If you resolve to do something, you make a firm decision to do it. ( FORMAL )

She resolved to report the matter to the hospital’s nursing manager...

She resolved that, if Mimi forgot this promise, she would remind her.

VERB : V to-inf , V that

3.

Resolve is determination to do what you have decided to do. ( FORMAL )

This will strengthen the American public’s resolve to go to war.

= determination

N-VAR : oft N to-inf

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