Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being resolved, in any sense of that word.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be resolved.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being settled or resolved
  • adjective capable of being solved

Etymologies

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resolve +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Edit/etc/hosts and add the hostname resolvable to a regular ip address.

    Sun Bloggers mberg 2009

  • The proportion of "resolvable" requests - those for data that actually exists - has been creeping up steadily in the intervening period, by one percentage point each year.

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Chris Tryhorn 2010

  • Mr Cowen and Mr Brown insisted the impasse was "resolvable" before flying to Belfast for the make-or-break emergency talks.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Mr Cowen and Mr Brown insisted the impasse was "resolvable" before flying to Belfast for the make-or-break emergency talks.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • The proportion of "resolvable" requests - those for data that actually exists - has been creeping up steadily in the intervening period, by one percentage point each year.

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Pakistan, including complex ones like Kashmir and terrorism and "resolvable" issues such as

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • In the period between October 2008 and September 2009, around 6,334 "resolvable" requests for information were refused.

    New Statesman New Statesman 2010

  • But Benioff also said the dispute is "resolvable," and "basically a no-impact situation," remarks that Salesforce. com's counter-complaint seem to place in a new light.

    Macworld 2010

  • Pakistan, including complex ones like Kashmir and terrorism and "resolvable" issues such as

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • In the period between October 2008 and September 2009, around 6,334 "resolvable" requests for information were refused.

    New Statesman New Statesman 2010

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