resolutionnoun
uk/ˌrez.əˈluː.ʃən/us/ˌrez.əˈluː.ʃən/resolution noun (DECISION)
C2 [ C ] an official decision that is made after a group or organization has voted:
C2 [ C ] a promise to yourself to do or to not do something:
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- The resolution calls for a durable peace settlement.
- The resolution was carried by 210 votes to 160.
- "Have you made any New Year's resolutions?" "Yes, I'm going to eat more healthily and give up smoking."
- I've made a resolution to exercise three times a week.
- What happened to your resolution to be nice to Barbara?
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Decisions and deciding
- be make or break for sb/sth idiom
- be on the horns of a dilemma idiom
- clinch
- clincher
- come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom
- come to sth
- decider
- fight
- hammer sth out
- head
- it's a date idiom
- judgment call
- lot
- make or break sth idiom
- make up your mind idiom
- mind
- nail sth down
- name
- name the day idiom
- spin a coin idiom
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resolution noun (DETERMINATION)
[ U ] formal approving also resoluteness, determination:
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Strength of will and determination
- alpha male
- bitter
- bloody-minded
- character
- determination
- dogged
- earnest
- fibre
- fight
- mettle
- militant
- obstinate
- perseverance
- pigheaded
- resolve
- single-minded
- stamina
- staying power
- stick-to-it-iveness
- wilful
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resolution noun (SOLVING)
C2 [ S or U ] formal the act of solving or ending a problem or difficulty:
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Solving and solutions
- answer
- antidote
- band-aid solution
- be at the bottom of sth idiom
- clear (sth) up
- clue
- conquer
- conquerable
- fall
- iron sth out
- kill or cure idiom
- lateral thinking
- magic wand
- modus vivendi
- result
- round
- solution
- talk sth out
- work through sth
- workaround
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resolution noun (DETAIL)
[ U ] specialized physics, computing the ability of a microscope, or a television or computer screen, to show things clearly and with a lot of detail:
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Physics: optics, microscopy & lasers
- binoculars
- chromatic aberration
- converging lens
- diffuse reflection
- electron microscope
- field glasses
- focus
- laser
- laser-guided
- magnification
- magnifier
- magnify
- magnifying glass
- microscopy
- opera glasses
- power
- powerful
- reflective
- slide
- transparency
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resolution noun (SEPARATION)
[ U ] specialized chemistry the act of separating or being separated into clearly different parts:
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Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- breakdown
- disestablish
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- drift
- pull sth/sb apart
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- tear 1
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