a formal expression of opinion arrived at by a group vote
- The United Nations passed a resolution condemning the country’s use of chemical weapons.
- Congress passed a resolution supporting the country’s right to defend itself.
- A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- Here the work of the coming week was planned out and resolutions were put forward and debated.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- It was always the pigs who put forward the resolutions.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- He assured them that the resolution against engaging in trade and using money had never been passed, or even suggested.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- Have you any record of such a resolution?George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- All the animals remembered passing such resolutions: or at least they thought that they remembered it.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- Again the animals seemed to remember that a resolution against this had been passed in the early days, and again Squealer was able to convince them that this was not the case.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money — had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at that first triumphant Meeting after Jones was expelled?George Orwell -- Animal Farm
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as in: a New Year's resolution Define
a firm decision to do something
as in: a United Nations resolution
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a formal expression of opinion arrived at by a group vote
as in: Her resolution weakened.
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determination
as in: a dispute resolution fund
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a solution or outcome
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