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Plural of resolve

regular plural

The plural of resolve is resolves.

Forms of resolve

Singularresolve /ɹɪˈzɒlv/
Pluralresolves
Countablecountable and uncountable

Resolves in a sentence

  • Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.From the entry turn over a new leaf
  • Therefore, the question to which the answer refers (problematologically) differs from the one which it resolves (apocritically).1986, Michel Meyer, From Logic to Rhetoric, page 119. From the entry problematologically
  • But real life rarely resolves as neatly as fiction.2016, Justin Peters, “The Infinite Librarian”, in The Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry inflood
  • Although The Demeter births the Ploutonian figure that initiates Lucy’s ordeal, it will be Jesus Christ that resolves her wayward vagabonding.2012, Noël Montague-Étienne Rarignac, “The Overturned Lamp”, in The Theology of Dracula: Reading the Book of Stoker as Sacred Text…. From the entry Ploutonian
  • Aggressive behavior, for instance, is quite common in a confusional state but is often transient and quickly resolves as confusion clears.1994, David C Good, James R Couch, Handbook of Neurorehabilitation. From the entry confusional

Meaning of resolve

  1. verb To find a solution to (a problem).
  2. verb To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
  3. verb To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.

Full definition of resolve

Questions about the plural of resolve

What is the plural of resolve?
The plural of resolve is resolves.
Is resolve countable?
Resolve is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: resolve (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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