- to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
- to separate into constituent or elementary parts; break up; cause or disintegrate (usually followed by into).
- to reduce or convert by, or as by, breaking up or disintegration (usually followed by to or into).
- to convert or transform by any process (often used reflexively).
- to reduce by mental analysis (often followed by into).
- to settle, determine, or state in a formal vote or formal expression of opinion or intention, as of a deliberative assembly.
- to deal with (a question, a matter of uncertainty, etc.) conclusively; settle; solve: to resolve the question before the board.
- to clear away or dispel (doubts, fears, etc.); answer: to resolve any doubts we may have had.
- to separate (a racemic mixture) into optically active components.
- to cause (a voice part or the harmony as a whole) to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
- to separate and make visible the individual parts of (an image); distinguish between.
- to cause (swellings, inflammation, etc.) to disappear without suppuration.
- to come to a determination; make up one's mind; determine (often followed by on or upon): to resolve on a plan of action.
- to break up or disintegrate.
- to be reduced or changed by breaking up or otherwise (usually followed by to or into).
- to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
- a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
- firmness of purpose or intent; determination.
- to decide or determine firmly
- to express (an opinion) formally, esp (of a public meeting) one agreed by a vote
- to separate or cause to separate (into) (constituent parts or elements)
- to change, alter, or appear to change or alter
- to make up the mind of; cause to decide
- to find the answer or solution to; solve
- to explain away or dispel
- to bring to an end; conclude
- to cause (a swelling or inflammation) to subside, esp without the formation of pus
- to follow (a dissonant note or chord) or (of a dissonant note or chord) to be followed by one producing a consonance
- to separate (a racemic mixture) into its optically active constituents
- physics
- to distinguish between (separate parts) of (an image) as in a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument
- to separate (two adjacent peaks) in a spectrum by means of a spectrometer
- to split (a vector) into its components in specified directions
- an obsolete word for dissolve
- something determined or decided; resolution
- firmness of purpose; determination
