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Resolving

To find a solution to (a problem).

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📖 Definitions of "Resolving"

verb

1
To find a solution to (a problem).
2
To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
"to resolve a riddle"
3
To make a firm decision to do something.
"I resolve to finish this work before I go home."
4
To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
"He was resolved by an unexpected event."

verb

1
To solve again.
"I’ll have to resolve the equation with the new values."

noun

1
The act of forming a resolution.

🔄 Synonyms of "Resolving"

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
resolutionnoun	A firm decision or an official decision.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Resolving"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
resolutionnoun	A firm decision or an official decision.
solved	Having a solution, having been explained or answered.
solveverb	To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
adjustverb	(transitive) To modify.
remedyverb	(transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.
copeverb	(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
settlementnoun	A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
redressverb	To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
fixingverb	(Southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.
addressverb	(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
settleverb	To conclude or resolve (something):
dealverb	(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
workaroundnoun	(computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
handlingnoun	A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
sortverb	(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
rescuingnoun	The act of effecting a rescue.
adjudicateverb	(transitive) To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.
settlingnoun	The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
overcomeverb	(transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
overcomingnoun	The act by which something is overcome, or surmounted.