resolution
Americannoun
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a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group.
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the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc.
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a resolve; a decision or determination.
to make a firm resolution to do something.
Her resolution to clear her parents' name allowed her no other focus in life.
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the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.
She showed her resolution by not attending the meeting.
- Synonyms:
- fortitude, strength, tenacity, perseverance, determination, resolve
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the act or process of resolving or separating something into constituent or elementary parts.
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the resulting state.
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Optics. the act, process, or capability of distinguishing between two separate but adjacent objects or sources of light or between two nearly equal wavelengths.
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a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
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Music.
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the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance.
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the tone or chord to which a dissonance is resolved.
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reduction to a simpler form; conversion.
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Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.
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the degree of sharpness of a computer-generated image as measured by the number of dots per linear inch in a hard-copy printout or the number of pixels across and down on a display screen.
noun
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the act or an instance of resolving
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the condition or quality of being resolute; firmness or determination
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something resolved or determined; decision
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a formal expression of opinion by a meeting, esp one agreed by a vote
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a judicial decision on some matter; verdict; judgment
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the act or process of separating something into its constituent parts or elements
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med
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return from a pathological to a normal condition
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subsidence of the symptoms of a disease, esp the disappearance of inflammation without the formation of pus
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music the process in harmony whereby a dissonant note or chord is followed by a consonant one
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the ability of a television or film image to reproduce fine detail
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physics another word for resolving power
Other Word Forms
- nonresolution noun
- preresolution noun
- resolutioner noun
Etymology
Origin of resolution
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin resolūtiōn-, stem of resolūtiō “looseness, a release” equivalent to resolute + -ion
Example Sentences
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Thursday that he too was seeking an agreement with the Pentagon that would include red lines similar to Anthropic's, and that he hoped to help broker a resolution.
From Barron's
Thus unburdened, she transforms into a Beatrice figure and, together with Kenyon, leads the crime to its resolution.
In a companion study published in Nature Cell Biology led by Professor Ulrike Kutay and collaborators at ETH Zürich in Switzerland, researchers applied the same high resolution mapping strategy to human cells.
From Science Daily
The new approach from Manchester's researchers will link mission requirements for image resolution and coverage with satellite size and the amount of satellites in orbit to better prevent collissions and debris.
From BBC
In separate but almost identical statements posted on their websites, Dyson and Leigh Day said the resolution was reached "in recognition of the expenses of litigation and the benefits of settlement".
From BBC
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