res

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /rɛz/ UK /rɛz/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like raze /ɛ/ vs /eɪ/

Freq #26859

Meanings

1

noun
informal: resolution or image detail, especially in high-res and low-res

The designer exported a higher-res version of the photograph.
2

noun
informal, especially in games: resistance or resurrection

The character needs more fire res before entering the dungeon.
3

noun
Latin, in learned and legal expressions: a thing, matter, or subject

The phrase res publica literally refers to a public matter.
4

verb
dialectal pronunciation spelling of rest with the final consonant omitted

We will stop by the shore and res for a while.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · informal: resolution or... resolutionimage quality

2 noun · informal, especially in... resistance resurrection

3 noun · latin, in learned and legal... thing matter

4 verb · dialectal pronunciation... rest

Word family

Derived forms high-reslow-res

Related forms resolution resistance resurrection rest

Appears in

Phrases (1)

See all

res ipsa loquitur
a legal principle allowing the circumstances of an accident to support an inference of negligence

Fixed expression

Etymology

The modern informal senses are clippings of resolution, resistance, or resurrection. Learned uses preserve Latin res, 'thing' or 'matter.' Literary dialect may also spell rest without its final consonant as res'.

Topics

Describing Qualities Register & Style

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# res

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /rɛz/
**IPA (UK):** /rɛz/
**Frequency rank:** 26859

## Meanings
1. informal: resolution or image detail, especially in high-res and low-res
2. informal, especially in games: resistance or resurrection
3. Latin, in learned and legal expressions: a thing, matter, or subject
4. dialectal pronunciation spelling of rest with the final consonant omitted

## Examples
- The designer exported a higher-res version of the photograph.
- The character needs more fire res before entering the dungeon.
- The phrase res publica literally refers to a public matter.
- We will stop by the shore and res for a while.

## Synonyms
- resolution
- resistance
- resurrection
- thing
- matter
- rest

## Derived Forms
- high-res
- low-res

## Related Forms
- resolution
- resistance
- resurrection
- rest

## Etymology
The modern informal senses are clippings of resolution, resistance, or resurrection. Learned uses preserve Latin res, 'thing' or 'matter.' Literary dialect may also spell rest without its final consonant as res'.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Register & Style

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