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US
/ɹiˈzɑɫvd/
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ADJECTIVE
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determined
she was firmly resolved to be a doctor
single-minded in his determination to stop smoking -
explained or answered
mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved
How To Use resolved In A Sentence
- Since the extra energy being transferred from one molecule to the next changes the way each absorbs and emits light, the flow of energy can be followed through optical spectroscopy, resolved on a femtosecond timescale.
- So, she ran round and round the scaffold with the executioner striking at her, and her grey hair bedabbled with blood; and even when they held her down upon the block she moved her head about to the last, resolved to be no party to her own barbarous murder. A Child's History of England
- The relationships between hagfishes, lampreys, and jawed vertebrates are one of the still-unresolved problems in craniate phylogeny.
- It was resolved that the matter be referred to a higher authority.
- But she knew that had she done so — had she so resolved — that which she called her fancy would have been too strong for her. Phineas Finn
- Their ideological differences are suppressed but not resolved. Times, Sunday Times
- Thoroughly frustrated with the blindness of his countrymen, he resolved to establish a community in America.
- However, the finalisation of the acquisition and farm down of the Ugandan assets to CNOOC and Total appears stalled until the capital gains tax dispute between the Ugandan government and Heritage Oil is resolved. Tullow slips on Uganda dispute while FTSE falls to seven week low
- There were, Pfeiffer said, several unresolved issues with the long-term omnibus bill, chief among them policy riders that would alter previously passed legislation and compromise executive powers. In Budget Negotiations, White House Throws A Curve Ball On Omnibus Bill
- The form resolved itself in Cath's recovering eyes, and it became David.