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for a much better resolution.
resolve v. 1 determine, decide, make up one's mind, agree, undertake,
settle, fix, conclude: When did you resolve to move to
Australia? Let us resolve never to let this happen again. 2 work
out, figure out, solve, clear up, answer: How have you resolved
the problem of looking after the cats while you are away? 3
adopt, pass, approve, decide: It was resolved that membership
fees should be raised. 4 resolve into. change into, convert
into, alter into, transform into, transmute into, metamorphose
into, be convert(ed) into, become, dissolve into, break down
into, liquefy into, disintegrate into, reduce to or into: O,
that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve
itself into a dew!
--n. 5 See resolution, 1, above. 6 See resolution, 2, above:
She kept her resolve never to marry again.
resonant adj. vibrating, vibrant, resounding, (re-)echoing,
reverberating, reverberant, pulsating, ringing, booming,
thundering, thunderous, loud: The resonant pealing of the bells
almost drove me mad.
resort n. 1 spa, retreat, Chiefly Brit watering-place: We go to a
lovely resort in the Alps every summer. 2 resource, backup,
reserve, refuge, place to turn, alternative, remedy: He will
see a doctor only as a last resort.
--v. 3 resort to. have recourse to, turn to, look to, fall back
on, repair to, take to, frequent, patronize, attend; visit,
haunt, hang out in: I have to resort to father for a small
loan. She was said to be resorting to the lowest dens in the
Casbah.
resound v. boom, resonate, ring (out), boom (out), (re-)echo,
reverberate, pulsate, thunder: The laughter resounded around
the entire office.
resource n. 1 Often, resources. initiative, ingenuity, talent,
inventiveness, imagination, imaginativeness, cleverness,
quick-wittedness, capability, resourcefulness, aptitude,
qualifications, strength, quality, forte, Colloq Brit gumption,
Slang guts: Has he the inner resources for the job that lies