resolve

Definition

  • verb: to find an answer or solution to (something)
  • verb: to change by disintegration
  • synonyms: dissolve, break up, analyze

Examples

  • The image eventually 'resolved into' the shape of a person's body.

  • The issue of the book's authorship was never 'resolved'.

  • I was 'resolved' [='determined'] to find out the truth.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) just did that to me. Chief, if you want to avoid an international incident, you give me my guys when I ask for them! Local faces need to resolve local conflicts, Tyrone. We're guests in this country. We're unwanted guests, Bob. (..)
    2016 13 Hours