{
    "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’."
}