All 11 Uses of
resolution
in
Dracula
- Glad I made the resolution, gladder that I kept to it.
p. 112.3 *resolution = firm decision
- All the resolution has gone out of his dear eyes, and that quiet dignity which I told you was in his face has vanished.
p. 114.3resolution = determination (or perhaps clarity)
- [Van Helsing] is a philosopher and a metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day, and he has, I believe, an absolutely open mind. This, with an iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, and indomitable resolution, self-command, and...
p. 122.7resolution = determination
- Only resolution and habit can let me make an entry tonight. I am too miserable, too...
p. 169.4
- She looked at me so appealingly, and at the same time manifested such courage and resolution in her bearing, that I gave in at once to her wishes.
p. 238.1 *
- That mighty brain and that iron resolution went with him to his grave, and are even now arrayed against us.
p. 256.6
- ...the shadow of dread seemed to slip from us like a robe, and the occasion of our coming lost something of its grim significance, though we did not slacken a whit in our resolution.
p. 269.7
- It took all my courage to hold to the wise resolution of keeping her out of our grim task.
p. 284.7resolution = decision
- I am glad we made our resolution in time, as with such a feeling as this, our growing knowledge would be torture to her.
p. 284.8
- I had to give in, for Mina's resolution was fixed.
p. 314.8
- Even in his sleep he is intense with resolution.
p. 385.1resolution = determination
Definitions:
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(1)
(resolution as in: a New Year's resolution) a firm decision to do something
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(2)
(resolution as in: a United Nations resolution) a formal statement of decision or opinion voted on by a groupWhile a resolution typically expresses an opinion and has no legal force, when used in early U.S. history or in the expressions joint resolution of Congress or continuing resolution, it becomes a synonym for legislation (meaning that it carries the force of law).
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(3)
(resolution as in: Her resolution weakened.) determination (firmness of purpose)
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(4)
(resolution as in: resolution of the dispute) a solution or outcome
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(5)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, other meanings of resolution include:- a measure of optic detail -- as in: "The photograph has excellent resolution."
- separation into different parts -- as in: "When force is applied to an inclined plane there is resolution of the force into horizontal and vertical components."
- conversion to something else -- as in: "... resolution of the chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to consonance (a more stable sound)."
- reduction to or conversion to something else -- as in: "It permits resolution of a URL to an IP address."