to resolve
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7.4
- verb
- /rɪˈzɑlv/
- Specialized
:
disolver
- Integrating restraints on wheelchairs used for transportation will potentially resolve several operational problems associated with current wheelchair restraint practices.
Examples
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Hemorrhage may cause not only acute dysphonia, but also permanent voice change if submucosal scarring develops as the hematoma resolves.
Academic text (1996) -
However, the hepatitis in babies who acquire this pre-core mutant from their mothers resolves promptly, so this mutant is not always associated with severe disease.
Academic text (1994) -
We just hope the kidneys kick in and start to help him resolve a lot of that fluid.
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Everything will be resolved into its purest form.
Fiction book (1998) -
There must be something in the store-bought detergent to resolve this problem.
Blog text (18) -
The next time the unit of instruction is taught, the SI will be recalculated to see if this resolves the problem.
Academic text (2010) -
New Zealand has no deposit insurance but instead employs a system for resolving insolvent banks.
Academic text (2016) -
Conventionally, the users maintain their canals, allocate water, and resolve water conflicts without the need for any superordinate authority.
Academic text (2016) -
When mixed with water, the salt will resolve and become part of the solution.
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You need to heat the mixture to help the substances resolve completely.
Synonyms
64
2.4
To mix into a liquid so it becomes part of it
To make a substance dissolve in a liquid, often by adding a chemical
To join with liquid molecules to form a compound
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Jargon
To fix conflicting changes in files so they can be combined into one version
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resolve (to dissolve) shares the root solvere ('to loosen' or 'to dissolve'), which you also see in dissolve and solution. So to resolve a substance is to 'loosen' it and make it part of a solution.