resolved

1. 1
   adjective

   Firmly determined and fixed in purpose, unlikely to be turned from a chosen course.

   She remained resolved to see the project through to the end.

   Despite repeated setbacks, the explorers were resolved to reach the summit.

   Similardetermined, resolute, set, intent, committed

   Oppositeirresolute, undecided, hesitant, wavering

   Note

   Here a decision has already hardened into a lasting state of mind, the settled result of resolving to act. Grading shows it is a true adjective: someone can be more resolved than yesterday, or the most resolved of the group, which the past-tense verb never allows. Very and quite fit it for the same reason, and determined is its closest everyday match.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of resolve.

   The council resolved the funding dispute after weeks of talks.

   By midnight the technical problems had been resolved.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs here. Standing alone it is the past tense (they resolved to leave); after have or be it is the participle (the dispute has been resolved). Passives come from the transitive meanings: a problem, a doubt or a quarrel is resolved. The reflexive use survives in phrases like the blur resolved itself into a face. When was resolved to act describes a state of mind, it usually belongs to the "determined" adjective.

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