resolvable

[ ri-zol-vuh-buhl ]

/ rɪˈzɒl və bəl /

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adjective

that can be resolved.

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Origin of resolvable

First recorded in 1640–50; resolve + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM resolvable

re·solv·a·bil·i·ty, re·solv·a·ble·ness, nounnon·re·solv·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·re·solv·a·ble, adjectivenon·re·solv·a·ble·ness, noun

non·re·solv·a·bly, adverbun·re·solv·a·ble, adjective

Words nearby resolvable

resolute, resolutely, resolution, resolutioner, resolutive, resolvable, resolve, resolved, resolvent, resolving power, resonance

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How to use resolvable in a sentence

These problems involved software systems, and those should be easily resolvable.
Boeing’s second Starliner mission to the ISS is a make-or-break moment|Neel V. Patel|July 31, 2021|MIT Technology Review
On that Friday, some of the families that Chapman encountered had easily resolvable issues that had kept students from virtual classrooms.
Unprecedented numbers of students have disappeared during the pandemic. Schools are working harder than ever to find them.|Moriah Balingit|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
And, like past social movements, this might not be resolvable though legislation.
A Future for the Pro-Life Movement|Justin Green|October 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
By means of heat, however, it seems to be resolvable into such air as that of which the atmosphere consists, viz.
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry|Joseph Priestley

Thus, he feared, is resolvable into he fear did, and must be a blending of the words in a hasty pronunciation.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.
There is no subjunctive; in strictness of speech, all sentences are resolvable into distinct declaratory phrases.
Dissertation on the English Language|Noah Webster, Jr.
So far as we now know, all the visible and tangible universe is resolvable into terms of force—that is to say, chemical process.
The Tyranny of the Dark|Hamlin Garland
This equation is evidently of such a form as to be resolvable by the method employed in case 1.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for resolvable

resolvable

resoluble

/ (rɪˈzɒlvəbəl) /

adjective

able to be resolved or analysed

Derived forms of resolvable

resolvability, resolubility, resolvableness or resolubleness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for resolvable

resoluble

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