resolve.
To find a solution to (a problem).
Meaning & usage
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.
To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences.
To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill.
To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
To relax; to lie at ease.
To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
To solve (an equation, etc.).
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
Alternative spelling of re-solve.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.