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resolves

The correct spelling is resolves.

How to pronounce resolves

noun

Say it like: Res-olv-es

The correct spelling is resolves. Determination; will power. For example: "It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery."

Usage Examples

It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.

to resolve a riddle

I resolve to finish this work before I go home.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Determination; will power.
  2. 2.A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
  3. 3.An act of resolving something; resolution.

verb

  1. 1.To find a solution to (a problem).
  2. 2.To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
  3. 3.To make a firm decision to do something.
  4. 4.To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
  5. 5.To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.

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