resolve
Usage
What are other ways to say resolve?
To resolve is to show firmness of purpose: He resolved to ask for a promotion. To determine is to arrive at a conclusion after reasoning or observation: He determined that there was no available path to victory. To decide is to make up one's mind as to what shall be done and the way to do it: He decided to go today.
Example Sentences
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The world's top players are competing in Italy after the elite North American league agreed to a mid-season shutdown and issues of ice quality and rink size were resolved.
From Barron's
"They have said it publicly; they have said it in private conversations through Oman that they are interested to have these matters resolved peacefully."
From BBC
Van Rootselaar posted that she hoped to find the right amount that would allow her to “experience something positive in my life,” adding that electroconvulsive therapy and prescribed medications hadn’t resolved her mental illness.
Mass compounding was allowed only because of a drug shortage that was bound to be resolved—as it was last year.
"The parties are pleased that this dispute has now been resolved by agreement without the need for the trial to go ahead," he added.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
