to adopt a resolution

adopt a resolution — adopt a decision, adopt a ruling …   English contemporary dictionary

adopt — a‧dopt [əˈdɒpt ǁ əˈdɑːpt] noun [transitive] 1. if you adopt a new method, process etc, you start to use it: • All US companies are required to adopt the new standards. 2. MARKETING to start using a product, especially a new product, usually with… …   Financial and business terms

resolution — res·o·lu·tion /ˌre zə lü shən/ n 1: a formal expression of opinion, will, or intention voted by an official body (as a legislature) or assembled group see also concurrent resolution, joint resolution 2: an expressio …   Law dictionary

resolution — A document that records a decision or action by a Board of Directors, or a bond resolution by a government entity authorizing a bond issue. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * resolution res‧o‧lu‧tion [ˌrezəˈluːʆn] noun 1. [countable] an… …   Financial and business terms

Resolution (policy debate) — In policy debate, a resolution or topic is a normative statement which the affirmative team affirms and the negative team negates. Resolutions are selected annually by affiliated schools. At the college level, a number of topics are proposed and… …   Wikipedia

resolution — n. decision 1) to propose a resolution 2) to adopt, pass a resolution 3) a joint resolution (of Congress) 4) a resolution to + inf. (they adopted a resolution to increase membership dues) 5) a resolution that + clause; subj. (a resolution was… …   Combinatory dictionary

adopt — [[t]ədɒ̱pt[/t]] ♦♦ adopts, adopting, adopted 1) VERB If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it. [V n] The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on all parties in the conflict to seek a… …   English dictionary

resolution — noun 1 formal decision taken after a vote ADJECTIVE ▪ draft ▪ formal ▪ proposed ▪ joint ▪ a joint US British resolution …   Collocations dictionary

Resolution (law) — This article concerns the legal meaning of the term resolution . For other meanings, see Resolution (disambiguation). A resolution is a written motion adopted by a deliberative body. The substance of the resolution can be anything that can… …   Wikipedia

resolution — res|o|lu|tion W3 [ˌrezəˈlu:ʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(decision)¦ 2¦(solution)¦ 3¦(promise)¦ 4¦(determination)¦ 5¦(clear picture)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(DECISION)¦ a formal decision or statement agreed on by a group of people, especially after a vote… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

adopt — verb (T) 1 CHILD to legally make another person s child part of your family so that he or she becomes one of your own children: My mother was adopted when she was four. compare foster 1 (1) 2 adopt an approach/strategy/policy to start to use a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English