Meaning of Resolve | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Determination; will power.
   uncountable
2. A determination to do something; a fixed decision.
   countable
3. An act of resolving something; resolution.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.”

“Stripped of all bravado, Cersei breaks, and shows the very scared, vulnerable woman who has kept her emotions at bay. “I don’t want to die,” she whimpers, “Not like this.” It’s all the more moving for coming from a character who built her identity on steely resolve and contempt for such hoary conceits as fear.”

“Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.”

“I wish for unending resolve, to always get up when I fall.”

“And the having individually entertained four such resolves, without perceiving that once brought together, they all mutually expire; this, this ineffable folly, Pierre, brands thee in the forehead for an unaccountable infatuate!”

“His resolve to die is weakening as he grows accustomed to Sophie's absence, and all his attempts to master irresolution only augment it.”

“Some operations require data that, in turn, requires that lightweight components be resolved. In these cases, this option determines whether the user is prompted to approve the resolve or whether components are just resolved automatically.”

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