MEANING
1. To settle a problem, dispute, or uncertainty by reaching a solution or decision.
2. To make a firm decision or settle upon an intended course.
3. A settled determination to act or persist.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- resolve a dispute
- resolve a difficulty
On the page
The new evidence resolved one question and created three more.
They resolved the dispute without agreeing about who had caused it.
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Word forms
- Base
- resolve
- Past tense
- resolved
- Past participle
- resolved
- Present participle
- resolving
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- resolve
- Present continuous
- am/is/are resolving
- Present perfect
- have/has resolved
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been resolving
- Past
- resolved
- Past continuous
- was/were resolving
- Past perfect
- had resolved
- Past perfect continuous
- had been resolving
- Future
- will resolve
- Future continuous
- will be resolving
- Future perfect
- will have resolved
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been resolving
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: resolve; resolves; resolved; resolved; resolving Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: resolves.
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