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# resolved

verb, past form of resolve (resolve, resolves, resolved, resolving); adjective (resolved)

«resolved» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Solved or settled: The problem was resolved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#m1)
2. Decided firmly: She resolved to work harder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#m2)
3. (adjective, formal) Determined; having made a firm decision: «I am resolved to win». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories a conflict is resolved at the end; arguments between friends are resolved by talking. In maths a problem or puzzle is resolved — solved. In formal or exam voice: «The matter has been resolved». New Year's resolutions are things people resolve to do. Phrases: «be resolved», «resolved to do», «the issue was resolved».

### Examples

- The argument was resolved when they said sorry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#x1)
- She resolved to read a book every week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#x2)
- The mystery was finally resolved in the last chapter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#x3)
- The puzzle was resolved in four steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#x4)
- The fault with the lights has been resolved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#x5)
- He was resolved to finish the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#x6)
- Once the problem was resolved, everyone cheered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#x7)
- And this was what Theseus resolved to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: resolved. Noun: resolution (a decision or solution); resolve (determination). Formal; everyday words: solved, sorted, decided.

## In Jewish tradition

Tradition reads these verses as showing that the tribes did not fully drive out the people of the land, which later became a problem for Israel. In the primary lessons: In stories a conflict is resolved at the end; arguments between friends are resolved by talking. In maths a problem or puzzle is resolved — solved. In formal or exam voice: «The matter has been resolved». New Year's resolutions are things people resolve to do. Phrases: «be resolved», «resolved to do», «the issue was resolved».

### Examples

- Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites were resolved to dwell in that land. (Prophets JOS.17.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resolved/#x1)
- But the Amorites were resolved to dwell in Harheres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributary. (Prophets JDG.1.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resolved/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb: resolved. Noun: resolution (a decision or solution); resolve (determination). Formal; everyday words: solved, sorted, decided.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «resolved» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resolved/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«resolved» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/resolved.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «resolved» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/resolved/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«resolved» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/resolved.html) on Mova free.