resolution
/ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/ noun B2- A firm decision or an official decision.
- A strong will; the state of being resolute. · His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.
- A statement of intent, a vow. · By February, most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten.· My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.
- The act of discerning detail.
- 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). · Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.
- The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed. · This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.
- The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it. · name resolution· link resolution
- The act or process of resolving: solving. · Near-synonyms: evaluation, calculation· the resolution of an equation
Plural resolutions
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He then formed a resolution.
He has shown very great courage and resolution, for he exposed his own life to stop the horses that were running away with us, and would certainly have dashed the carriage to pieces.
Consoled by this resolution, she was the better able to bear her husband’s incivility; though it was very mortifying to know that her neighbours might all see Mr.
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
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