All 12 Uses
resolve
in
I Am Malala
(Edited)
- So they decided to try and find an impartial man to rule the whole area and resolve their disputes.
p. 24.9resolve = settle
- She says he didn't even notice, as he would set off early every morning after a breakfast of cornbread and cream, his German pistol strapped under his arm, and spend his days busy with local politics or resolving feuds.
p. 40.7resolving = settling
- "Pekai, help me resolve my confusion on this," he would say.
p. 53.1resolve = settle
- We have a custom called swara by which a girl can be given to another tribe to resolve a feud.
p. 67.1
- They threatened the widower's family until a jirga of village elders was called to resolve the dispute.
p. 67.3
- Back then, they said, the mountains were all still covered in trees, there were schools every five kilometers and the wali sahib would visit them in person to resolve problems.
p. 76.9
- Cases such as land disputes, common in our area, which used to be resolved quickly now took ten years to come to court.
p. 113.7 *resolved = settled
- People began going to Fazlullah and his men to resolve grievances about anything from business matters to personal feuds.
p. 119.6resolve = settle
- "I had a thirty-year-old problem and it's been resolved in one go," one man told my father.
p. 119.7resolved = settled
- If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth.
p. 139.4resolve = settle
- It took weeks of back and forth between Washington and Islamabad, or rather army headquarters in Rawalpindi, before the case was finally resolved.
p. 210.7resolved = settled
- "I told you last night the issue was resolved," my father replied.
p. 270.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(resolve as in: I resolved to stop drinking.) to decide -- typically a firm or formal decisionIn modern writing resolve is typically used to emphasize a firm or formal decision. In classic literature, it is used more frequently and often simply replaces decide or determine.
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(2)
(resolve as in: This committee hereby resolves...) make a decision or voice an opinion by formal group vote
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(3)
(resolve as in: Her resolve weakened.) firmness of purpose (strong determination to do something)
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(4)
(resolve as in: How was the problem resolved?) to solve a problem, settle a disagreement, or for a situation to change
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(5)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, resolve can mean:
- to make clearly visible -- as in "The microscope cannot resolve that level of detail."
- to divide into parts -- as in "The problem resolves into three parts,"or (math) "Resolve the polynomial into factors," or (chemistry) "As the temperature changes, the compound resolves into its component parts," or (physics) "The force on the inclined plane resolves into horizontal and vertical components."
- reduce or convert into something else -- as in "The URL is resolved to an IP address," or (music) "The progression is resolved as the dissonance is replaced by consonance."