resolver

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /rɪˈzɑlvɚ/ UK /rɪˈzɒlvə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person or thing that resolves something, such as a dispute or a name

The DNS resolver translated the domain into its numeric address.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person or thing that... solver arbitrator mediator settler

Word family

Related forms resolve resolution resolvable solve

Etymology

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

resolvere Latin solvere Latin

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# resolver

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈzɑlvɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈzɒlvə/

## Meanings
1. a person or thing that resolves something, such as a dispute or a name

## Examples
- The DNS resolver translated the domain into its numeric address.

## Synonyms
- solver
- arbitrator
- mediator
- settler

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

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

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

## AI Etymology
Resolver comes from resolve + -er, 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, resolver 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 "a person or thing that resolves something, such as a dispute or a name". related forms include resolve, resolution, resolvable, and solve. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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