res

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   noun

   informal, especially in games: resistance or resurrection

   The character needs more fire res before entering the dungeon.

3. 3
   noun

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

   The phrase res publica literally refers to a public matter.

4. 4
   verb

   dialectal pronunciation spelling of rest with the final consonant omitted

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

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'.

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