Resolve Resolved Met Differences Matter Crisis Problem Sides

• to resolve an issue/a dispute/a conflict/a crisis
• attempts are being made to resolve the problem of security in schools.
• both sides met in order to try to resolve their differences.
• be patient and the situation may resolve itself.

resolve

1. to find an acceptable solution to a problem or difficulty
• synonym settle
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• to resolve an issue/a dispute/a conflict/a crisis
• Attempts are being made to resolve the problem of security in schools.
• Both sides met in order to try to resolve their differences.
• Be patient and the situation may resolve itself.
2. to make a firm decision to do something
• He resolved not to tell her the truth.
• She resolved (that) she would never see him again.
• We had resolved on making an early start.
3. to reach a decision by means of a formal vote
• It was resolved that the matter be referred to a higher authority.
• They resolved that the matter be referred to a higher authority.
• The Supreme Council resolved to resume control over the national press.

Extra Examples

• The crisis was finally resolved through high-level negotiations.
• The family feuding could resolve itself.
• The matter is not yet fully resolved.
• The two countries have failed to resolve their differences on this.
• They met in a last-ditch attempt to resolve their differences.
• We hope that the dispute can be resolved peacefully.
• Both sides met in order to resolve their differences.
• Fortunately, the issue has now been amicably resolved.
• He resolved to do something to help the children he had met.
• She resolved that she would never see him again.
• The Supreme Council resolved to resume control over the press.
• The UN was supposed to be a forum for resolving disputes by peaceful means.
• The committee unanimously resolved that the party chairman should step down.
• The matter has never really been satisfactorily resolved.
• The prime minister flew home immediately to try to resolve the crisis.
• Where can ordinary people get help with resolving family problems?

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they resolve
• he / she / it resolves
• past simple resolved
• past participle resolved
• -ing form resolving

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the senses ‘dissolve, disintegrate’ and ‘solve (a problem)’): from Latin resolvere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + solvere ‘loosen’.