resolvable
Americanadjective
adjective
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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
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
The judge wrote that the environmental groups’ arguments are resolvable by congressional lawmakers, not the court system.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
The traces of it which appear are perhaps resolvable into a similarity to Jacobi's system.
From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar
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