Determination vs. Resolve

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

Example: ‘Through sheer determination, we managed to escape from the tornado.’;

Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

(countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

(countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part

Example: ‘a determination of blood to the head’;

(countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.

Example: ‘the determination of the wavelength of light’; ‘the determination of the level of salt in sea water’; ‘the determination of the oxygen in the air’;

The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.

The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.

The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification

Example: ‘I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.’;

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

Example: ‘A speedy determination of that war.’;

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

Example: ‘Remissness can by no means consist with a constant determination of the will . . . to the greatest apparent good.’;

The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

Example: ‘He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.’;

The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

Example: ‘So bloodthirsty a determination to obtain convictions.’;

A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.

The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.

The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.

The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.

the act of determining the properties of something

the quality of being determined to do or achieve something;

Example: ‘his determination showed in his every movement’; ‘he is a man of purpose’;

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration;

Example: ‘a decision unfavorable to the opposition’; ‘his conclusion took the evidence into account’; ‘satisfied with the panel's determination’;

the act of making up your mind about something;

Example: ‘the burden of decision was his’; ‘he drew his conclusions quickly’;

the quality of being determined; firmness of purpose

Example: ‘those who succeed because of sheer grit and determination’;

the process of establishing something exactly by calculation or research

Example: ‘determination of molecular structures’;

the settlement of a dispute by the authoritative decision of a judge or arbitrator

Example: ‘expert determination’;

a judicial decision or sentence.

the controlling or deciding of the nature or outcome of something

Example: ‘genetic sex determination’;

the cessation of an estate or interest.

a tendency to move in a fixed direction.

Determination is a positive emotional feeling that involves persevering towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles. Determination occurs prior to goal attainment and serves to motivate behavior that will help achieve one's goal.

(transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).

(transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.

Example: ‘to resolve a riddle’;

(transitive) To solve again.

Example: ‘I’ll have to resolve the equation with the new values.’;

(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.

Example: ‘I resolve to finish this work before I go home.’;

(transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.

Example: ‘He was resolved by an unexpected event.’;

To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.

Example: ‘After two weeks of bickering, they finally resolved their differences.’;

To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.

To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

(music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.

(optics) To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.

(computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.

To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).

To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.

To liquefy (a gas or vapour).

To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.

(obsolete) To relax; to lay at ease.

(chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.

Determination, will power.

Example: ‘It took all my resolve to go through with the surgery.’;

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; - said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

Example: ‘O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!’; ‘Ye immortal souls, who once were men,And now resolved to elements again.’;

To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; - said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle.

Example: ‘To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile.’;

To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

Example: ‘Sir, be resolved. I must and will come.’; ‘Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse,Want with a full, or with an empty purse?’; ‘In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region.’; ‘We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries.’;

To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.

To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; - followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money).

To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; - used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of.

To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.

To relax; to lay at ease.

To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.

To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.

Example: ‘When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline.’;

To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.

Example: ‘Let men resolve of that as they plaease.’;

To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.

The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.

That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.

Example: ‘Nor is your firm resolve unknown.’; ‘Cæsar's approach has summoned us together,And Rome attends her fate from our resolves.’;

the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose;

Example: ‘his resoluteness carried him through the battle’; ‘it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work’;

a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

bring to an end; settle conclusively;

Example: ‘The case was decided’; ‘The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff’; ‘The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance’;

reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

reach a decision;

Example: ‘he resolved never to drink again’;

understand the meaning of;

Example: ‘The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered’;

make clearly visible;

Example: ‘can this image be resolved?’;

find the solution;

Example: ‘solve an equation’; ‘solve for x’;

cause to go into a solution;

Example: ‘The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water’;