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resolution

/ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
Meanings
  • noun

    The act of solving a problem or reaching a decision.

    - "After much deliberation, they came to a resolution regarding the budget."
    - "The resolution of the conflict was long overdue."
  • noun

    A firm or definite decision.

    - "He made a resolution to quit smoking."
    - "The board passed a resolution condemning the company's actions."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˌɹɛzəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1177209"
Rhymes
Words rhyming with resolution
resolves , closes , moves
Variants
List of all variants of resolution that leads to same result
resolution , resolutions , concurrent resolution , concurrent resolutions , joint resolution , joint resolutions , New Year's resolution
Etymology
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From the Latin word 'resolvere', meaning to loosen or untie.

Trivia
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  1. In the world of fashion, a resolution is a list of goals or intentions made by an individual for the new year.

  2. The term 'resolution' is also used in the context of video display settings to refer to the number of pixels in the horizontal direction.

Related Concepts
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  1. problem-solving: The process of finding a solution to a problem or challenge.

  2. decision-making: The process of choosing among several alternatives.

Quotes
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  1. In June, the demagogic militia leader Moqtada al Sadr … sponsored a "resolution" requiring the government to seek permission of the parliament before asking the U.N. to reauthorize the presence of foreign forces in Iraq.

    - Lawrence Wright,{it}New Yorker{/it},22 Oct. 2007

  2. In late August, the U.N. Security Council passed a "resolution" calling for peacekeepers to deploy to Darfur to stop a genocide that has claimed some 400,000 lives over the last three years.

    - {it}New Republic{/it},30 Oct. 2006

  3. Here again it would seem that the vicarious experience just once of seeing another human being completely "blotto" should be sufficient to engender a firm and unbreakable "resolution" never to take a chance on making a similarly disgusting spectacle of oneself.

    - David A. Embury,{it}The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks{/it},1970

  4. But Hannah's brief "resolution" suddenly gave way, and all at once she clung to Kit, sobbing like a child.

    - Elizabeth George Speare,{it}The Witch of Blackbird Pond{/it},1987

  5. Perrotta tells a good story in a top-shelf romance kind of way, and you'll very likely find yourself eager to get to the "resolution" once you've begun.

    - Paul J. Griffiths,{it}Commonweal{/it},21 Dec. 2007

  6. The OMEGA spectrometer on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has gone where no spectrometer has gone before, covering near-infrared wavelengths and offering 10 times the "resolution" of earlier instruments.

    - George Musser,{it}Scientific American{/it},December 2005

  7. The new revelation was that, in high "resolution", the valley showed deep channels and scours sharply incised into bedrock …

    - Bertram Schwarzschild,{it}Physics Today{/it},September 2007
Culture
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In literature, resolution often refers to the final outcome or solution to a conflict. In art, it can represent a sense of closure or completion.

How to Memorize "resolution"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a knot being untied, representing the act of finding a solution or making a decision.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word with the idea of finding a solution or making a firm decision.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'R' for 'act of solving a problem' and 'S' for 'firm or definite decision'.

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