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PROBLEM-SOLVING

Date "PROBLEM-SOLVING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)


Specialty Definition: PROBLEM-SOLVING

DomainDefinition

Computing

A procedure using a control strategy to apply operators to a situation to try to achieve a goal. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PROBLEM-SOLVING

English words defined with "PROBLEM-SOLVING": brainstorming. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PROBLEM-SOLVING": backtracking, belief maintenance system, belief revision ♦ depth-first backward reasoning, divide and conquer, domain-independent problem-solving ♦ Fifth Generation Computer System ♦ general problem solver, general-purpose method, goal reduction ♦ help desk superviso ♦ Operational Status and Assessment Meetings ♦ problem decomposition, problem reduction, Problem-Based Learning ♦ QA4 ♦ strong problem-solving method ♦ theorem proving, truth maintenance system ♦ USER SUPPORT ANALYST SUPERVISOR ♦ weak problem-solving method. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PROBLEM-SOLVING

DomainTitle

Books

  • The McKinsey Mind: Understanding and Implementing the Problem-Solving Tools and Management Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consulting Firm (reference)

  • The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden & Yard Healthy Without (reference)

  • Participants' Problem-Solving Manual for Kick Down the Door of Complacency: Sieze the Power of Continuous Improvement (reference)

  • Young at Art: Teaching Toddlers Self-Expression, Problem-Solving Skills, and an Appreciation of Art (reference)

  • Reconstructive Facial Plastic Surgery: A Problem-Solving Manual (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: PROBLEM-SOLVING

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Demonstrate a problem-solving attitude to incontinence by making discussion of incontinence part of routine exams. (references)

Other research shows that the information and problem-solving needs of caregivers evolve over time as the disease progresses and caregiving issues shift. (references)

These intervention programs focus on information, skills building, self-management, problem-solving, and psychological factors such as self-efficacy and intentions. (references)

Business

The Saudi standard market requirements include not only high quality at an attractive price, but also full-service support over the long-term, training, problem-solving assistance, and consulting services. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: PROBLEM-SOLVING

"PROBLEM-SOLVING" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 68.38% of the time. "PROBLEM-SOLVING" is used about 136 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)68.38%9334,067
Noun (singular)31.62%4352,181
                    Total100.00%136N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PROBLEM-SOLVING

Language Translations for "PROBLEM-SOLVING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

problemløsning. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

probleemoplosproces, oplossingsmethode, oplossen van problemen. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ongelman ratkaiseminen. (various references)

   

French

  

solution de problèmes, résolution de problèmes, résolution automatique de problèmes. (various references)

   

German

  

Problemlösen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επίλυση προβλημάτων. (various references)

   

Italian

  

risoluzione di problemi. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

問題解決 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

も" いかいけつ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oblem-solvingpray

   

Portuguese

  

resolução de problemas. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

проблемный (problem). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resolución de problemas (solving problems). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

problemlösning. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PROBLEM-SOLVING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-g-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-v"

-4 letters: morselling, reblooming.

-5 letters: bromelins, glorioles, impellors, misenroll, misgovern, morseling, neologism, observing, oligomers, omnivores, overbills, overboils, overspill, prolonges, repolling, resolving, soilborne, spillover, spoonbill.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction 		5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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