Word a Day
resolve
What does resolve mean?
resolve (verb): to find a solution to (a problem).
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use resolve in a sentence?
- After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce resolve?
/ɹiˈzɑlv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does resolve come from?
From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolvō (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- + solve.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to resolve
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “resolve”?
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What does “resolve” mean?
throw or toss with a light motion
Not quite: that's what pitch means.
have as a part, be made up out of
Not quite: that's what include means.
to fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc
Not quite: that's what miss means.
to find a solution to (a problem)
Right! That's what “resolve” means.
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