Resolve

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts7 letters

Definition of Resolve

Verb

  1. To find a solution to (a problem).
  2. To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.

    "to resolve a riddle"

  3. To 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."

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

    "He was resolved by an unexpected event."

  5. To 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."

Noun

  1. Determination; will power.

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

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

Anagrams of Resolve

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