resolution
//ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n//
Forms
- Plural
- resolutions
Definitions
1.A firm decision or an official decision.
2.A strong will; the state of being resolute.
- His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.
3.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.
4.The act of discerning detail.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2264
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“dissolution”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resolūtiō (“a loosening, solution”), from resolvō (“to loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solvō (“to loosen”).