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How to use resolve in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Resolve means to find a solution to (a problem). Example: “I resolve to finish this work before I go home.”

Examples of resolve by meaning

verbTo reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.

  • to resolve a riddle

verbTo make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.

  • I resolve to finish this work before I go home.

verbTo determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.

  • He was resolved by an unexpected event.

verbTo come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.

  • After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences.

verbTo break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval...

  • The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill.

verbTo render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.

  • They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist

nounDetermination; will power.

  • It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.
  • “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club...
  • Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport

nounA determination to do something; a fixed decision.

  • His resolve to die is weakening as he grows accustomed to Sophie's absence, and all his attempts to master irresolution only augment it.1995, William Arctander O'Brien, Novalis, Signs of Revolution, page 56

More sentences with resolve

  • Every year he resolves to turn over a new leaf and start exercising.From the entry turn over a new leaf
  • The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.From the entry pretext
  • The electron microscope is able to resolve detail at the subatomic level.From the entry subatomic
  • He had been multiplying, but it occurred to him he needed to resolve the exponents, first.From the entry multiply
  • But there remain two problems to resolve before the plan can be put into practice.From the entry put into practice
  • The constitution prescribes how to resolve a tie in the electoral vote.From the entry electoral vote
  • We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.From the entry violence
  • The experience annealed them, strengthening their resolve.From the entry anneal
  • The lawyer advised his client against filing a lawsuit as it would take a lot of time and money to resolve.From the entry lawsuit
  • We took a clinical approach to resolving conflicts.From the entry clinical
  • Some conditions may remain subclinical until they resolve without intervention, whereas others worsen from subclinical to clinical status.From the entry subclinical
  • Her no-nonsense way of resolving issues impressed her superiors.From the entry no-nonsense
  • The independent addition of final vowels to resolve final consonants, as a nativization strategy.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 411. From the entry nativization
  • That is a vital decision every person must make—a critical issue you have to resolve for yourself.2014, Derek Prince, Ultimate Security: Finding a Refuge in Difficult Times, Whitaker House, →ISBN. From the entry have
  • You resolve more disputes with professionalism and communication than with irritability and vitriol.2012, Karen Lacey, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Elance, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 244. From the entry you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
  • My first move was to resolve not to wear things that hurt.2012, Margaret Howie, “Something Fabulous to Wear”, in Virgie Tovar, editor, Hot and Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion…. From the entry chub rub
  • Time out pauses the game to resolve a dispute or if someone is injured.2012, Steven Piziks, The Nanotech War: Star Trek Voyager. From the entry tagback
  • The USS West Virginia became one of many symbols of American resolve. . . .2008 December 6, William J. Bennett, John Cribb, “Deadly resolve answered attack”, in Daily Courier, USA, retrieved 19 Aug 2011. From the entry big gun
  • Finally, I argued that moderate experimentalism and IAE can help resolve these different kinds of conflicts.2007 August 8, S. Matthew Liao, “A defense of intuitions”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI. From the entry experimentalism
  • Can I count on you, and I mean all of you, twenty-four-seven until we resolve this thing?2007, Darren Dowler, The War of Angels, page 117. From the entry twenty-five/eight
  • Extrapolative elements, cultural interface, characteriological attempt to resolve the conflicts between the two: this is science fiction.2005, James E. Gunn, Matthew Candelaria, Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction, page 143. From the entry characteriological
  • His resolve not to worry about unfounded scuttlebutt lasted about two minutes.2003, Len Custer, Called to Serve: A Historical Novel of the Korean War, New York, N.Y.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 211. From the entry scuttlebutt
  • A patent pool can be an effective way of resolving conflicting rights.2002, Mark A. Glick, Lara A. Reymann, Richard Hoffman, Intellectual Property Damages, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 213. From the entry patent pool
  • "The Actionee shall identify the possible options to resolve the issue."2000, Bruce Sherrington-Lucas, Ray Tricker, Karel Dobbelaere, Soka Gakkai: 2000 in Brief, page 57. From the entry actionee
  • The next three months were devoted to resolving issues at the fanatical pace that Netscapers knew well.1999, Chris DiBona, Sam Ockman, Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, page 199. From the entry Netscaper
  • 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
  • We recall the sundrous efforts by well-meaning African leaders to resolve the unwarranted crisis in the sub-region.1980, Nigeria, Bulletin on Foreign Affairs - Volume 10, Issues 6-7, page 201. From the entry sundrous
  • There is no hurry about resolving the question of whether p'īn-yīn will in the future replace characters.[1973, Language Planning in Mainland China, →OCLC, page 163. From the entry p'in-yin
  • This is a first step in resolving the longstanding issue of rats and illegal dumping in our streets.2026 April 17, Oswald Feliz, quotee, “Mayor Mamdani Takes Major Step Toward Citywide Trash Containerization, Announces Six New Districts”…. From the entry dumping
  • We believe he is currently in DPRK custody and are working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident.2023 July 18, “US national crosses into North Korea during border tour”, in France 24, sourced from United Nations Command 유엔군사령부/유엔사…. From the entry Military Demarcation Line

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 resolve in a sentence

How do you use resolve in a sentence?
Resolve is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I resolve to finish this work before I go home.”
What is a short sentence with resolve?
“to resolve a riddle”
What does resolve mean?
Resolve means to find a solution to (a problem).

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