resolvability

C2+ Topic:Describing People

US /rɪˌzɑlvəˈbɪləti/ UK /rɪˌzɒlvəˈbɪlɪti/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
the quality of being capable of being solved or separated into parts

The resolvability of the dispute depended on both sides' goodwill.

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1 noun · the quality of being... solubilitysolvability

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insolubilityunresolvability

Word family

Related forms resolve resolvable resolution solve

Etymology

From resolvable + -ity, from resolve + -able, from Latin resolvere ('to loosen, dissolve, settle'), from re- (intensive) + solvere ('to loosen, release').

resolvere Latin solvere Latin

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# resolvability

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** rɪˌzɑlvəˈbɪləti
**IPA (UK):** rɪˌzɒlvəˈbɪlɪti

## Meanings
1. the quality of being capable of being solved or separated into parts

## Examples
- The resolvability of the dispute depended on both sides' goodwill.

## Synonyms
- solubility
- solvability

## Antonyms
- insolubility
- unresolvability

## Related Forms
- resolve
- resolvable
- resolution
- solve

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: resolvere
- Root: solvere

## Etymology
From resolvable + -ity, from resolve + -able, from Latin resolvere ('to loosen, dissolve, settle'), from re- (intensive) + solvere ('to loosen, release').

## AI Etymology
Resolvability comes from resolvable + -ity, from resolve + -able, from Latin resolvere ('to loosen, dissolve, settle'), from re- (intensive) + solvere ('to loosen, release'). The historical chain includes Latin resolvere and Latin solvere. Older glosses in the chain include "to loosen, dissolve, settle" and "to loosen, release", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, resolvability is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the quality of being capable of being solved or separated into parts". related forms include resolve, resolvable, resolution, and solve. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing People
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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