Definitions for resolved

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resolved re·solved

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IPA: /rɪˈzɒlvd/

Resolved is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 270 anagrams from letters in resolved (deelorsv).

Definitions for resolved

noun

1. a resolution or determination made, as to follow some course of action.
2. firmness of purpose or intent; determination.

adjective

1. firm in purpose or intent; determined.

verb (used with object)

1. to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something):
2. to separate into constituent or elementary parts; break up; cause or disintegrate (usually followed by into).
3. to reduce or convert by, or as by, breaking up or disintegration (usually followed by to or into).
4. to convert or transform by any process (often used reflexively).
5. to reduce by mental analysis (often followed by into).
6. to settle, determine, or state in a formal vote or formal expression of opinion or intention, as of a deliberative assembly.
7. to deal with (a question, a matter of uncertainty, etc.) conclusively; settle; solve:
8. to clear away or dispel (doubts, fears, etc.); answer:
9. Chemistry. to separate (a racemic mixture) into optically active components.
10. Music. to cause (a voice part or the harmony as a whole) to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.
11. Optics. to separate and make visible the individual parts of (an image); distinguish between.
12. Medicine/Medical. to cause (swellings, inflammation, etc.) to disappear without suppuration.

verb (used without object)

1. to come to a determination; make up one's mind; determine (often followed by on or upon):
2. to break up or disintegrate.
3. to be reduced or changed by breaking up or otherwise (usually followed by to or into).
4. Music. to progress from a dissonance to a consonance.

Origin of resolved

First recorded in 1490-1500; resolve + -ed²

Examples for resolved

On Monday, there were only two issues "that should be resolved tonight," the aide said.

They assured him that should this happen, many problems would be resolved.

He resolved to be as prudent as possible, and avoid, as far as he could, any altercation with Haley.

Cervecerías Barú resolved problems with their draft system that prohibited them from selling on tap for almost seven years.

He resolved to listen with good grace to any homilies that might issue.

He was not timid, however, and resolved to broach the subject.

And so she had resolved upon surrender—upon an outward surrender.

He resolved at once to seek her and give his love freedom to tell itself.

Mike Tweedy, a government employee in Georgia, resolved to leave Mormonism in 2007.

But even such basic questions as what sort of political power should be established have not been resolved.