resolvable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /rɪˈzɑlvəbəl/ UK /rɪˈzɒlvəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
able to be solved, settled, or separated into components

Most of these contradictions are resolvable with careful negotiation.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to be solved, settled,... soluble solvable answerabledeterminableseparable

Opposites

insoluble unsolvable intractableunresolvable

Word family

Derived forms resolvabilityresolvably

Related forms resolve resolution resolvent solve

Etymology

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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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# resolvable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈzɑlvəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈzɒlvəbəl/

## Meanings
1. able to be solved, settled, or separated into components

## Examples
- Most of these contradictions are resolvable with careful negotiation.

## Synonyms
- soluble
- solvable
- answerable
- determinable
- separable

## Antonyms
- insoluble
- unsolvable
- intractable
- unresolvable

## Derived Forms
- resolvability
- resolvably

## Related Forms
- resolve
- resolution
- resolvent
- solve

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

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

## AI Etymology
Resolvable comes 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, resolvable is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "able to be solved, settled, or separated into components". English derivatives include resolvability and resolvably; related forms include resolve, resolution, resolvent, and solve. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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