resolve

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From Middle English resolven, from Old French resolver, a learned borrowing of Latin resolvō (“loosen, thaw, melt, resolve”), equivalent to re- + solve. Piecewise doublet of re-solve.

167 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: решителност (rešitelnost) — will power
• Catalan: resolució — will power
• Danish: viljekraft — will power
• Dutch: wilskracht — will power
• Dutch: vastbeslotenheid — will power
• Finnish: tahdonvoima — will power
• French: détermination — will power
• German: Entschlossenheit — will power
• Hindi: निश्चय (niścay) — will power
• Hindi: इच्छाशक्ति (icchāśakti) — will power
• Hindi: संकल्प (saṅkalp) — will power
• Hungarian: akaraterő — will power
• Japanese: 決意 (ketsui) — will power
• Māori: niwha — will power
• Māori: pūtohe — will power
• Māori: pukutohe — will power
• Plautdietsch: Väanämungsjeist — will power
• Polish: stanowczość — will power
• Polish: zdecydowanie — will power
• Russian: реши́мость (rešímostʹ) — will power
• Russian: реши́тельность (rešítelʹnostʹ) — will power
• Russian: сме́лость (smélostʹ) — will power
• Spanish: resolución — will power
• Swedish: beslutsamhet — will power
• Tocharian B: pratiṃ — will power
• Arabic: حَلَّ (ḥalla) — to find a solution to
• Bulgarian: решавам (rešavam) — to find a solution to
• Catalan: resoldre — to find a solution to
• Catalan: solucionar — to find a solution to
• Chinese Mandarin: 解決 /解决 (jiějué) — to find a solution to
• Czech: vyřešit — to find a solution to
• Dutch: oplossen — to find a solution to
• Esperanto: solvi — to find a solution to
• Finnish: ratkaista — to find a solution to
• French: résoudre — to find a solution to
• German: lösen — to find a solution to
• German: auflösen — to find a solution to
• Ancient Greek: διαλύω (dialúō) — to find a solution to
• Haitian Creole: rezoud — to find a solution to
• Hindi: ठानना (ṭhānnā) — to find a solution to
• Hungarian: megold — to find a solution to
• Hungarian: megfejt — to find a solution to
• Irish: scaoil — to find a solution to
• Italian: risolvere — to find a solution to
• Italian: accordarsi — to find a solution to
• Japanese: 解く (toku) — to find a solution to
• Japanese: 分解する (bunkai suru) — to find a solution to
• Korean: 해결하다 (haegyeolhada) — to find a solution to
• Lithuanian: išspręsti — to find a solution to
• Māori: whakatatū — to find a solution to
• Middle English: resolven — to find a solution to
• Occitan: resòlver — to find a solution to
• Occitan: solucionar — to find a solution to
• Persian: حل کردن (hal kardan) — to find a solution to
• Polish: rozwiązać — to find a solution to
• Polish: rozwiązywać — to find a solution to
• Portuguese: resolver — to find a solution to
• Portuguese: decidir — to find a solution to
• Romanian: rezolva — to find a solution to
• Russian: реша́ть (rešátʹ) — to find a solution to
• Russian: реши́ть (rešítʹ) — to find a solution to
• Spanish: resolver — to find a solution to
• Spanish: solventar — to find a solution to
• Spanish: zanjar — to find a solution to
• Swedish: lösa — to find a solution to
• Telugu: పరిష్కరించు (pariṣkariñcu) — to find a solution to
• Finnish: ratkaista — to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain
• Finnish: selvittää — to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain
• Finnish: selittää — to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain
• German: lösen — to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain
• Māori: whakamāhuki — to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain
• Middle English: resolven — to reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain
• Catalan: resoldre — to make a firm decision
• Chinese Mandarin: 決定 /决定 (juédìng) — to make a firm decision
• Chinese Mandarin: 決心 /决心 (juéxīn) — to make a firm decision
• Dutch: besluiten — to make a firm decision
• Dutch: beslissen — to make a firm decision
• Dutch: zich voornemen — to make a firm decision
• Finnish: päättää — to make a firm decision
• French: se résoudre — to make a firm decision
• German: beschließen — to make a firm decision
• German: sich entschließen — to make a firm decision
• Hindi: संकल्प करना (saṅkalp karnā) — to make a firm decision
• Hungarian: elhatároz — to make a firm decision
• Ido: rezolvar — to make a firm decision
• Italian: decidere — to make a firm decision
• Japanese: 決定する (kettei suru) — to make a firm decision
• Japanese: 決心する (kessin suru) — to make a firm decision
• Korean: 다짐하다 (dajimhada) — to make a firm decision
• Korean: 결심하다 (gyeolsimhada) — to make a firm decision
• Korean: 결정하다 (gyeoljeonghada) — to make a firm decision
• Latin: statuō — to make a firm decision
• Polish: postanowić — to make a firm decision
• Polish: postanawiać — to make a firm decision
• Portuguese: resolver — to make a firm decision
• Romanian: conchide — to make a firm decision
• Romanian: hotărî — to make a firm decision
• Russian: реша́ться (rešátʹsja) — to make a firm decision
• Russian: реши́ться (rešítʹsja) — to make a firm decision
• Russian: постанови́ть (postanovítʹ) — to make a firm decision
• Spanish: resolver — to make a firm decision
• Swedish: besluta — to make a firm decision
• Swedish: resolvera — to make a firm decision
• Thai: ตั้งมั่น — to make a firm decision
• Thai: มุ่งมั่น (mûng-mân) — to make a firm decision
• Thai: ตั้งใจ (dtâng-jai) — to make a firm decision
• German: sich entschließen — to determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind
• Finnish: ratkaista — to come to an agreement
• German: lösen — to come to an agreement
• German: sich einigen — to come to an agreement
• Bulgarian: разлагам (razlagam) — to break down into constituent parts
• Finnish: hajottaa — to break down into constituent parts
• German: auflösen — to break down into constituent parts
• German: sich auflösen — to break down into constituent parts
• German: lösen — to break down into constituent parts
• Italian: smantellare — to break down into constituent parts
• Italian: scomporre — to break down into constituent parts
• Italian: disintegrare — to break down into constituent parts
• Middle English: resolven — to break down into constituent parts
• Finnish: ratkaista — to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain
• Finnish: vakuuttaa — to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain
• Finnish: varmistaa — to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain
• German: überzeugen — to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain
• German: sich überzeugen — to cause to perceive or understand, to convince; to assure; to make certain
• Finnish: purkaa — to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
• German: stimmen (vt.) — to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
• German: einstimmen — to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
• Irish: scaoil — to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
• Italian: accordare — to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
• Polish: rozwiązać — to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
• Polish: rozwiązywać — to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
• Spanish: resolver — to cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance
• Chinese Mandarin: 解析 (jiěxī) — to find IP address or entity
• Finnish: selvittää IP-osoite — to find IP address or entity
• German: ermitteln (IP-Adresse) — to find IP address or entity
• German: Symbol dekodieren (Computersprache) — to find IP address or entity
• Finnish: sulattaa — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• German: schmelzen — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• German: lösen — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• German: auflösen — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• German: verflüssigen — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• German: aufweichen — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• German: erweichen — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• Middle English: resolven — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• Spanish: disolver — to melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften
• Bulgarian: разтварям (raztvarjam) — to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid
• Finnish: sulaa — to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid
• German: sich zersetzen — to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid
• Italian: sciogliere — to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid
• Middle English: resolven — to melt; to dissolve; to become liquid
• Bulgarian: втечнявам (vtečnjavam) — to liquefy a gas or vapour
• Finnish: nesteyttää — to liquefy a gas or vapour
• German: verflüssigen — to liquefy a gas or vapour
• Italian: liquefare — to liquefy a gas or vapour
• Bulgarian: разсейвам се (razsejvam se) — medicine: to disperse or scatter
• Finnish: levitä — medicine: to disperse or scatter
• German: sich verbreiten — medicine: to disperse or scatter
• German: sich ausbreiten — medicine: to disperse or scatter
• German: streuen (vi.) — medicine: to disperse or scatter
• Middle English: resolven — medicine: to disperse or scatter
• Finnish: rentoutua — to relax; to lie at ease
• Finnish: ottaa rennosti — to relax; to lie at ease
• German: sich entspannen — to relax; to lie at ease
• French: résoudre — to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers
• Italian: risolvere — to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers
• Portuguese: resolver — to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers
• Spanish: resolver — to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers