decision: The moment of decision cannot be delayed.
ruling: Goodwin tried to have the court ruling overturned.
judgment: The industry was awaiting a judgment from the European Court.
decree: He issued a decree ordering all unofficial armed groups in the country to disband.
re|solve ◆◇◇ /r I zɒ lv/ (resolves , resolving , resolved )
1 VERB To resolve a problem, argument, or difficulty means to find a solution to it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] We must find a way to resolve these problems before it's too late.
2 VERB If you resolve to do something, you make a firm decision to do it. [FORMAL ] □ [V to-inf] She resolved to report the matter to the hospital's nursing manager. □ [V that] She resolved that, if her sister forgot this promise, she would remind her.
3 N‑VAR [oft N to-inf] Resolve is determination to do what you have decided to do. [FORMAL ] □ This will strengthen the American public's resolve to go to war. SYNONYMS resolve VERB
1
work out: People involved in it think it's a nightmare, but I'm sure it will work itself out.
solve: Their domestic reforms did nothing to solve the problem of unemployment.
clear up: During dinner the confusion was cleared up: they had mistaken me for Kenny.
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decide: She decided to do a secretarial course.
determine: The final wording had not yet been determined.
settle: They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.
make up your mind: Once he made up his mind to do something, there was no stopping him.
re|solved /r I zɒ lvd/ ADJ If you are resolved to do something, you are determined to do it. [FORMAL ] □ Barnes was resolved to moving on when his contract expired.
reso|nance /re zənəns/ (resonances )
1 N‑VAR If something has a resonance for someone, it has a special meaning or is particularly important to them. □ [+ for ] The ideas of order, security, family, religion and country had the same resonance for them as for Michael.
2 N‑UNCOUNT If a sound has resonance , it is deep, clear, and strong. □ His voice had lost its resonance; it was tense and strained.
reso|nant /re zənənt/
1 ADJ A sound that is resonant is deep and strong. □ His voice sounded oddly resonant in the empty room.
2 ADJ Something that is resonant has a special meaning or is particularly important to people. [LITERARY ] □ [+ with ] It is a country resonant with cinematic potential, from its architecture to its landscape.
reso|nate /re zəne I t/ (resonates , resonating , resonated )
1 VERB If something resonates , it vibrates and produces a deep, strong sound. □ [V ] The bass guitar began to thump so loudly that it resonated in my head.
2 VERB You say that something resonates when it has a special meaning or when it is particularly important to someone. □ [V + with ] London is confident and alive, resonating with all the qualities of a civilised city.
re|sort ◆◇◇ /r I zɔː r t/ (resorts , resorting , resorted )
1 VERB If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want. □ [V + to ] When all else failed, he resorted to violence.
2 N‑UNCOUNT If you achieve something without resort to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have resort to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something. □ [+ to ] Congress must ensure that all peaceful options are exhausted before resort to war.
3 N‑COUNT A resort is a place where a lot of people spend their holidays. □ …the ski resorts.
4 PHRASE If you do something as a last resort , you do it because you can find no other way of getting out of a difficult situation or of solving a problem. □ Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort.
5 PHRASE You use in the last resort when stating the most basic or important fact that will still be true in a situation whatever else happens. □ They would in the last resort support their friends whatever they did. COLLOCATIONS resort NOUN 3
noun + resort : golf, holiday, seaside, tourist
adjective + resort : all-inclusive, coastal, five-star, popular
re|sound /r I zaʊ nd/ (resounds , resounding , resounded )
1 VERB When a noise resounds , it is heard very loudly and clearly. [LITERARY ] □ [V prep] A roar of approval resounded through the Ukrainian parliament.
2 VERB If a place resounds with or to particular noises, it is filled with them. [LITERARY ] □ [V + with ] The whole place resounded with music. □ [V + to ] The mauve and meadow-green walls resound to reggae music.
re|sound|ing /r I zaʊ nd I ŋ/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A resounding sound is loud and clear. □ There was a resounding slap as Andrew struck him violently across the face.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You can refer to a very great success as a resounding success. [EMPHASIS ] □ The good weather helped to make the occasion a resounding success.