resolution

resolution is a 10-letter English word with 19 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem.
2. noun. The state of being relaxed; relaxation.
3. noun. The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
4. noun. That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.
5. noun. The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.
6. noun. The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.
7. noun. A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.
8. noun. The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.
9. noun. finding a solution to a problem

   Synonyms: solving

10. noun. a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner

    "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions"

11. noun. the trait of being resolute

    "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"

    "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

    Synonyms: firmness, resoluteness, resolve

12. noun. analysis into clear-cut components

    Synonyms: resolving

13. noun. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

    "they finally reached a settlement with the union"

    "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"

    Synonyms: closure, settlement

14. noun. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

    Synonyms: declaration, resolve

15. noun. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

    "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"

    "the answers were in the back of the book"

    Synonyms: answer, result, solution, solvent

16. noun. (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
17. noun. the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
18. noun. the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
19. noun. (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture

Synonyms

solving, firmness, resoluteness, resolve, resolving, closure, settlement, declaration, answer, result, solution, solvent

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in resolution:

solutioner

Common word forms

resolutions, resolutioner

Words from these letters

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