resolution

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
  2. noun the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
  3. noun the trait of being resolute

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

declaration, resolve

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