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{
"term": "resolution",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a definite decision to do or not to do something",
"sensetop": "resolution to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Have you made any **New Year's resolutions** *(= for example, to give up smoking from 1 January)*?"
},
{
"text": "She **made a resolution** to visit her relatives more often.",
"contextForm": "resolution to do something"
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["firm", "good", "New Year"],
"verb + resolution": ["make", "keep"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a formal statement of an opinion agreed on by a committee or a council, especially by means of a vote",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **pass/adopt/approve a resolution**"
},
{
"text": "The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a halt to hostilities."
},
{
"text": "The General Assembly rejected the resolution on the subject of arms control."
},
{
"text": "The assembly adopted a resolution approving the plan."
},
{
"text": "The legislature has approved a resolution calling for the removal of such advertising."
},
{
"text": "The resolution called for the resumption of negotiations."
},
{
"text": "The resolution was carried unanimously."
},
{
"text": "a joint US-British resolution"
},
{
"text": "a resolution condemning the invasion"
},
{
"text": "a resolution declaring independence"
},
{
"text": "weapons banned under Resolution 687"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["draft", "formal", "proposed"],
"verb + resolution": ["draft", "introduce", "issue"],
"resolution + verb": [
"ask for something",
"be aimed at something",
"call for something"
],
"preposition": ["under (a/the) resolution", "resolution on"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of solving or settling a problem, argument, etc.",
"sensetop": "resolution to something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**dispute/conflict resolution**"
},
{
"text": "The government is pressing for an early resolution of the dispute."
},
{
"text": "Hopes of a **peaceful resolution** to the conflict were fading.",
"contextForm": "resolution to something"
},
{
"text": "methods of conflict resolution"
},
{
"text": "the likelihood of achieving a satisfactory resolution to the problem"
},
{
"text": "the non-violent resolution of conflict"
},
{
"text": "She has worked in the field of conflict resolution and mediation for many years."
}
],
"synonyms": "settlement",
"topics": ["Discussion and agreement"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["early", "quick", "rapid"],
"verb + resolution": ["need", "require", "press for"],
"preposition": ["resolution of", "resolution to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the quality of being resolute or determined",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The reforms owe a great deal to the resolution of one man."
},
{
"text": "Her resolution never faltered."
},
{
"text": "She showed great resolution in her dealings with management."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "strong"],
"verb + resolution": ["have", "show", "lack"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the power of a computer screen, printer, etc. to give a clear image, depending on the size of the dots (= marks) that make up the image",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The graphics look fine, even **at low resolution**."
},
{
"text": "The higher the resolution, the sharper the image."
},
{
"text": "a monitor capable of a 1 024 by 768 pixel resolution"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["good", "high", "low"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrezəˈluːʃn/",
"audio": "re/resolution/resolution__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌrezəˈluːʃn/",
"audio": "re/resolution/resolution__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin resolutio(n-), from resolvere ‘loosen, release’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + solvere ‘loosen’."
}