resolution English
Noun
( en noun)
A strong will, determination.
The state of being resolute.
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A statement of intent, a vow
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The act of discerning detail.
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(computing) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
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(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
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(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
- name resolution
(math) The act or process of solving; solution.
- the resolution of an equation
A formal statement adopted by an assembly.
(sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
(sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
(music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* resolutionist
* New Year's resolution
Related terms
* resoluble
* resolute
* resolutely
* resoluteness
* resolvable
* resolve
* resolvent
See also
* polygon resolution
* texture resolution
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answer Alternative forms
* (both obsolete)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), andsware, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A response or reply; something said]] or [[do, done in reaction to a statement or question.
- Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face .
A solution to a problem.
- There is no simple answer to corruption.
(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
Derived terms
()
* answerless
* answer on a postcard
* answerphone
* answer print
See also
* ask
Etymology 2
From (etyl) answeren, andswaren, from (etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
(ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
* Bible, 1 Kings xviii. 26
- There was no voice, nor any that answered .
* Shakespeare
- She answers him as if she knew his mind.
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To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- to answer a charge or accusation
(ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
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- Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.
To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
* Alexander Ellis
- Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer , but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.
* 1903 , , (The Way of All Flesh) , Ch. 41
- Theobald spoke as if watches had half-a-dozen purposes besides time-keeping, but he could hardly open his mouth without using one or other of his tags, and "answering every purpose" was one of them.
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To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.
* Shakespeare
- Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law.
(legal) To file a document in response to a complaint.
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
* 1775 , (Richard Brinsley Sheridan), (The Duenna) , Act 2, Scene 2
- I wish she had answered her picture as well.
* B. Edwards
- The use of dunder in the making of rum answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
* Gilpin
- The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon through them.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to .
* Jonathan Swift
- Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person.
* Shakespeare
- That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience.
* Shakespeare
- If this but answer to my just belief, / I'll remember you.
* Bible, Proverbs xxvii. 19
- As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
* Bible, Matt. xxii. 46
- No man was able to answer him a word.
* Milton
- These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant.
* Macaulay
- The reasoning was not and could not be answered .
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- He answered my claim upon him.
- The servant answered the bell.
* Shakespeare
- This proud king studies day and night / To answer all the debts he owes unto you.
(obsolete) To render account to or for.
* Shakespeare
- I will send him to answer thee.
(obsolete) To atone; to be punished for.
* Shakespeare
- And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
* Bible, Eccles. x. 19
- Money answereth all things.
Derived terms
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* answerable
* answer at
* answer back
* answerer
* answer for
* answer the call of nature
* answer the helm
* answer to
See also
* question
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