What it means
- (noun) Determination; will power. “It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.”
- (noun) A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
- (noun) An act of resolving something; resolution.
- (verb) To find a solution to (a problem).
- (verb) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain. “to resolve a riddle”
- (verb) To make a firm decision to do something. “I resolve to finish this work before I go home.”
- (verb) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle. “He was resolved by an unexpected event.”
- (verb) 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.”
- (verb) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- (verb) To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- (verb) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- (verb) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
Letter analysis
- Resolve contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
Words that mean the same
Sub-words
- levers
- lovers
- revels
- solver
- elves
- leers
- lever
- loser
- lover
- loves
- overs
- reels
- revel
- roles
- roves
- serve
- servo
- sever
- solve
- veers
- verse
- voles
- eels
- else
- ever
- eves
- leer
- lees
- lore
- lose
- love
- ores
- over
- reel
- revs
- roes
- role
- rose
- rove
- seer
- sere
- sloe
- sole
- sore
- veer
- vole
- vols
- eel
- ere
- eve
- lee
- ore
- rev
- roe
- see
- sol
- vol
Related words
Other 7-letter words
- abalone
- abandon
- abashed
- abashes
- abasing
- abating
- abbrevs
- abdomen
- abducts
- abetted
- abetter
- abettor
- abiding
- ability
- abjured
- abjures
- abolish
- aborted
Words starting with RES
- resale
- resales
- reschedule
- rescheduled
- reschedules
- rescheduling
- rescind
- rescinded
- rescinding
- rescinds
- rescission
- rescue
- rescued
- rescuer
- rescuers
- rescues
- rescuing
- research
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Words ending with LVE
Common questions
What does Resolve mean?
Determination; will power.
How many letters are in Resolve?
Resolve has 7 letters.
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