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

  • (..) Death! Brothers and sisters, one week from now, in this very square, we shall, as a demonstration of our resolve and as a sure sign to those who attempt to threaten our Party and our State, we shall execute publicly the same number of Eastasian prisoners by hanging, drawing and quartering. (..)
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