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resolution
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“a breaking into part”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resol?ti? (“a loosening, solution”), from resolv? (“I loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solv? (“I loosen”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z??lu??(?)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z??l(j)u?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
- Hyphenation: re?so?lu?tion
Noun
resolution (countable and uncountable, plural resolutions)
- A strong will, determination.
- The state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow
- The act of discerning detail.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
- name resolution
- (mathematics) The act or process of solving; solution.
- the resolution of an equation
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- polygon resolution
- texture resolution
References
- resolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
resolution From the web:
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wish
English
Etymology
From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English w?s?an (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijan? (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wun-, *wenh?- (“to wish, love”).
Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Danish ønske (“to wish”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?sh, IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: whish (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun
wish (plural wishes)
- A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
- An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
- The thing desired or longed for.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- "I suppose all old soldiers are the same," said Mrs White. "The idea of our listening to such nonsense! How could wishes be granted in these days? And if they could, how could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?" / "Might drop on his head from the sky," said the frivolous Herbert.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- (Sussex) A water meadow.
Usage notes
- Collocates with make for the common expression make a wish. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- precatory
- velleity
Verb
wish (third-person singular simple present wishes, present participle wishing, simple past and past participle wished)
- (transitive) To desire; to want.
- 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love
- Now John the butler must be sent
To learn the road that Phyllis went:
The groom was wished to saddle Crop;
For John must neither light nor stop,
But find her, wheresoe'er she fled,
And bring her back alive or dead.
- Now John the butler must be sent
- 1716, Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love
- (transitive, now rare) To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 84:
- I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains!
- 1808, Jane Austen, letter, 1 October:
- She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 84:
- (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome).
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for.
- 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
- Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).
- Let them be driven backward, and put to shame, that wish me evil.
- (intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
- (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- I was wished to your worship by a gentleman.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
Usage notes
- In sense 4, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
Translations
References
- wish at OneLook Dictionary Search
- wish in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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