resolvable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonresolvability noun
- nonresolvable adjective
- nonresolvableness noun
- nonresolvably adverb
- resolvability noun
- resolvableness noun
- unresolvable adjective
Etymology
Origin of resolvable
Explanation
Something resolvable can be figured out or settled on. In other words, it has a solution. If a dispute between two countries is resolvable, that means it's possible for them to come to an agreement. An ongoing argument with your incredibly messy sister might seem impossible to settle if you share a bedroom. Keep negotiating and it may be resolvable — maybe you can hang a curtain and divide the room in half! We get resolvable from resolve and its Latin root resolvere, "to loosen, relax, set free, or make void."
Example Sentences
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Creech agrees: “The event contract for this tax question probably isn’t going to be resolvable until, like, 2028.”
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
Having watched a few messy reconciliation processes in the past, though, we’re going to stick our necks out and say: These problems all feel resolvable for House Speaker Mike Johnson.
From Slate • May 17, 2025
So didn’t get to finish the novel, but it hardly matters that the plot is unresolved because the issues So is raising about his characters’ search for meaning in diaspora are not resolvable, either.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023
That’s one of the reasons we turn to television, where mysteries are solvable, problems resolvable and even when things are crazy they’re at least fictional, and maybe funny.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023
For, in the first place, that there is matter, to the best assisted eye not distinguishable from nebulous matter, which is not so resolvable, is proved by several facts.
From The Plurality of Worlds by Hitchcock, Edward
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