resolving
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6.1
- noun
- /rɪˈzɑlvɪŋ/
- In therapy, resolving personal conflicts can lead to a better understanding of oneself.
Examples
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The teacher emphasized the importance of resolving the main issues in the project before moving forward.
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This is a weird kind of explanation of resolving the anger in the world.
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The committee spent hours resolving the various concerns raised by community members.
Synonyms
∞
3.4
Careful study of something by breaking it into parts to understand
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7.6
A way of studying something by breaking it into parts
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3.4
The act of dividing something into parts or groups
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3.5
Making something simpler to understand
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7.4
Splitting a math object into simpler parts to study it
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4.5
Separating something into simple parts to study it
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7.9
Breaking a whole into smaller separate parts
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9.3
A study that breaks something into parts to show how it works
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.7
The ability of a microscope or telescope to see two close things as separate
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resolving comes from the Latin parts re- and solvere, where solvere means 'to loosen' and is the same root as solve and solution. So to resolve or resolving is like 'loosening' a whole into parts so you can see each piece clearly, which is why it means breaking something down for study.