Solve

Definition: Solve

Solve

Verb

1. Find the solution to (a problem or question):"did you solve the problem?"; understand the meaning of; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem".

2. Find the solution to; "solve an equation".

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Date "solve" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Computing

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Synonyms: Solve

Answer

Explain; (interpret); solve; (unriddle); discover; a; fathom, hunt out; (inquire); satisfy, set at rest, determine.

Discovery

Solve, resolve, elucidate; unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open; pick up, open the lock; find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle; interpret; disclose.

Interpretation

Find out; a the meaning; of; read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines.

Liquefaction

Verb: render liquid; liquefy, run; deliquesce; melt. (heat); solve; dissolve, resolve; liquate; hold in solution; condense, precipitate, rain.

Crosswords: Solve

Latin (back, free, loosen, open, pay off, release, scatter, set sail, unbind, untie).

If I could bottle the sexual tension between Bonnie Franklin and Shnyder, I could solve the energy crisis (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

So you think you've solved in fourteen days what they couldn't solve in two years (Stargate; writing credit: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich)

The six of us with no money and in private are gonna solve a conspiracy that the Warren Commission couldn't solve (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison)

Here is a riddle to solve if you can; What makes a monster and what makes a man (The Hunchback of Notre Dame; writing credit: Victor Hugo; Irene Mecchi)

Scooby! We're here to solve a mystery (Scooby-Doo; writing credit: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera)

We can solve, What's the causes (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Rather than fix the problem, they never solve them (Stay Together For The Kids; performing artist: Blink-182)

Try to solve the puzzle (You Gotta Be; performing artist: Des'ree)

We've always got our troubles so we solve them in the bar (Valotte; performing artist: Julian Lennon)

We solve lots more problems (What a Wonderful World; performing artist: LOUIS ARMSTRONG)

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Books

• The Mystery of the Abominable Snowman (Can Science Solve) (reference)

• Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem (reference)

• Silent Witness: How Forensic Anthropology Is Used to Solve the World's Toughest Crimes (reference)

• Biochemical Calculations: How to Solve Mathematical Problems in General Biochemistry, 2nd Edition (reference)

• How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra, 2nd Edition (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Do Not Solve Until Christmas (reference)

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Music

• Solve Et Coagula (Best Of) [IMPORT] (reference)

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High Tech

• ClueFinders Search & Solve (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Shown is a technician in a white lab coat reading a printout from a computer. The new technology today helps physicians in their research attempts to store and retrieve the vast amounts of data needed to solve the mystery of cancer. In this case the technician is performing a step in the analysis of an estrogen receptor assay. Results will tell whether removal of ovaries will be necessary. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has helped solve a two-decade-old cosmic mystery by showing ... Credit: NASA.

Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Air Force chief of staff, told members of Congress Sept. 27, the Air Force needs $20 to $30 billion a year to solve its readiness challenges. He cited operations tempo, past underfunding of spares, aging infrastructure and aircraft a.

What-Worries Her? : She Is Trying To Solve The Cas-Car-Ria. Problem. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The only way to solve the question: have at least two stags who are faithfully parked. Credit: Library of Congress.

Uncle, if you'll come across I'll solve the mystery for you!. Credit: Library of Congress.

What's the problem here, general? : I have until Sunday to solve it. Credit: Library of Congress.

To help solve Los Angeles' traffic problem. Credit: Library of Congress.

White and blacks solve problems together on the Sherwood Eddy cotton cooperative of Hill House, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women - a power for development : how can the world solve its increasing problems ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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They then solve by a quadratic

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes

However, leaving that mystery to solve itself, or go unsolved for ever, he drove his task onward, with earnest haste and ecstasy

Solve the first only of the two problems, you will be Venice, you will be England

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly

But he was then deep in a problem, and we attended at least an hour, before he could solve it.

The farmer is endeavoring to solve the problem of a livelihood by a formula more complicated than the problem itself

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Health

Talking openly may help solve the problem. (references)

Simple math problems may become hard to solve. (references)

Input of these individuals is needed to help solve this health crisis. (references)

Business

A company able to develop robust equipment to solve this problem will have a future in South Africa. (references)

All countries need to focus on process-integrated water recycling technologies to solve their wastewater problems. (references)

Korea is moving on several tracks to solve its solid waste problem, including recycling, incineration and improved landfill facilities. (references)

Economic History

Barbados

The latter helps companies solve a range of operational problems. (references)

Spain

Legislation establishes mechanisms to solve disputes if they arise. (references)

Nepal

The government has not effectively demonstrated a commitment to solve the Maoist problem. (references)

Human Rights

Mongolia

Although the investigation is ongoing, the inability to solve this case continues to be a major problem for the Government. (references)

Algeria

While there have been no reported prosecutions of security-force personnel stemming from these cases, government officials reported in November 2000 that between 350 and 400 security officials had been punished for "human rights abuses." Families of the missing persons, defense attorneys, and local human rights groups insist that the Government could do more to solve the outstanding cases. (references)

Political Economy

ALGERIA

The objective of this program is to radically transform and modernize the Algerian economy to solve problems that have been plaguing the country for years. (references)

Trade

Colombia

The absence of clear procedures to solve the problem of incorrect import documentation continues to be a barrier of sorts. (references)

Denmark

Frequently, such companies choose to or are forced to solve their financing problems by selling out to foreign, including U.S., corporations. (references)

Women

Ghana

In December 2000, this group, known as Sisters Keepers, marched peacefully to the Castle and submitted a petition to the President calling for the Minister of Interior and the IGP to resign because of their failure to solve the murders. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "solve": solve a problem ♦ to solve a traverse ♦ To work or solve. Additional references.

Beginning with "solve": solve-all, solve-care.

Ending with "solve": re-solve.

Afrikaans

oplos (dissolve). (various references)

Albanian

shpërblej (award, be quits, crown, disburse, guerdon, recompense, recoup, refund, remunerate, repair, repay, requite, reward, supply), zgjidh (annul, arrange, cancel, dispose, dispose of, dissolve, do, iron out, resolve, settle, unbind, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unlace, unleash, unlock, unravel, untie, work, work out), zgjedh (choose, constitute, cull, disentangle, draft, draught, elect, embrace, opt, pick, pick out, select, single out, take), gjej zgjidhje. (various references)

Arabic 

‏وجد حلا (think through), ‏حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solvent, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), ‏سدد دين (acquit, extinguish, liquidate, return, settle, sink), ‏ذاب (dissolve, flux, fuse, fuze, melt, render, thaw). (various references)

Bulgarian 

решавам (adjudicate, choose, conclude, decide, determine, elect, figure out, make up one's mind, resolve, seal, settle, work), развързвам (cast off, disengage, loose, loosen, unbend, unbind, uncord, undo, unfasten, unknot, unlash, unleash, unstring, untether, untie), разплитам (disembarrass, disembroil, rip up, sleave, unpick, unplait, unravel, unsnarl, unweave), намирам решение (sort), намирам обяснение на. (various references)

Chinese 

解决 (resolved, resolving, settlement, solved, solving). (various references)

Czech

vyřešit (crack, figure out, puzzle out, resolve, settle, straighten, unscramble), rozluštit (crack, decipher, find out, puzzle out, undo, unravel, unriddle). (various references)

Dutch

oplossen (dissolve), ontraadselen (advise against, decipher, dissuade from). (various references)

Esperanto

solvi (dissolve). (various references)

Farsi 

گشادن (Evolve, Open), حل کردن (Dissolve, Loose, Unravel, Untangle, Untie, Workout), رفع کردن (Eliminate, Obviate, Remove, Resolve), بازکردن (Disclose, Disengage, Disentangle, Evolve, Splay, Unbend, Unbrace, Undo, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhinge, Unhitch, Unlock, Unpack, Untie, Untwist, Unwreathe). (various references)

Finnish

suorittaa (carry out, carry through, defray, do, effect, execute, make, pass, pay, perform, settle), selvittää (adjust, bring home, clarify, clear, clear up, disentangle, explain, liquidate, make clear, settle, wind up), ratkaista (decide, determine, resolve, settle, work). (various references)

French

solutionner, trouver une solution (find solution), résoudre, régler, dénouons, dénouez, dénouer, dénouent. (various references)

German

lösen (break off, buy, cancel, cast off, cutting, detach, disengage, dislodge, dissolve, ease, let off, loosen, release, remove, resolve, sever, severance, sort out, tackle, take off, to detach, to part, to tackle, unbind, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfix, unfold, unloose, unravel, unstick, untie, work out). (various references)

Greek 

λύνω (loosen, resolve, unbind, unclasp, uncouple, unhitch, unhook, unlace, untie). (various references)

Hebrew 

למוסס (dissolve, melt, thaw), לפתור (figure out, interpret, unravel), לפענח (break a code, decipher, decode, figure out, interpret, unravel, unscramble), לפרק לגורמים (factor, factorize, resolve, take apart). (various references)

Hungarian

megold (clear up, disentangle, resolve, to clear up, to decipher, to ease, to hash out, to loose, to solve, to sort out, to tackle, to unloose, to unravel, to unriddle, to work out), megfejt (decipher, decode, interpret, riddle, to decipher, to puzzle out, to resolve, to solve, to translate, to unriddle, to work out, translate, unriddle, unscramble), felold (declassify, disengage, dissolve, resolve, to declassify, to justify, to loose, to raise, to resolve, to solubilize, to toll). (various references)

Indonesian

memecahkan (break, decipher). (various references)

Irish

réitigh. (various references)

Italian

sciogliere (be dissolved, break up, crack, deatch, detach, disband, dissolve, loose, loosen, melt, release, render, resolve, set free, shake out, thaw, unbend, unbind, unchain, undo, unfix, untie), risolvere (decide, determine, dissolve, make up one's mind, resolve, settle, thrash out, turn into, untie, work out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

説き明かす (to explain, to make clear, to solve), 解難い (difficult to solve), 解く　 (to answer, to solve, to untie), 解く (to answer, to solve, to unfasten, to untie), 片付く (to dispose of, to finish, to get married, to put in order, to solve), 快刀乱麻を断つ (to cut the Gordian knot, to solve an extreme difficulty at a stroke), 判じる (to decide, to decipher, to divine, to guess, to interpret, to judge, to solve). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かたづく (to dispose of, to finish, to get married, to put in order, to solve), はんじる (to decide, to decipher, to divine, to guess, to interpret, to judge, to solve), ときがたい (difficult to solve), ときあかす (to dispel doubts, to explain, to make clear, to solve), とく (gain, hide, interest, profit, shelter, shield, to advocate, to answer, to dissolve, to explain, to persuade, to preach, to solve, to untie). (various references)

Korean 

해결하십시요. (various references)

Manx

ansoor (answer, reply, solution). (various references)

Pig Latin

olvesay.(various references)

Portuguese

solver (dissolve), resolver (choose, compose, conclude, decide, deem, dissolve, figure out, find, fix, iron out, mean, nail down, resolve, settle, unravel, unriddle, work out). (various references)

Romanian

soluţiona, risipi (broadcast, cast away, chase, chuck away, clear, consume, crumble, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, quiet, remove, repel, riot, scatter, settle, spend, sprinkle, squander, strew, throw away, vanish, waste), rezolva (clinch, compound, dispatch, do, expedite, piece up, resolve, settle), lãmuri (clear, clinch, define, disembroil, disentangle, elucidate, enlighten, explain, illuminate, illumine, illustrate, justify, lighten, riddle, show, understand, unravel, untie), deznoda (undo, unknot, untie), dezlega (absolve, disentangle, emancipate, free, loose, loosen, separate, sever, unbind, uncord, undo, unfasten, unloose, unravel, untie), descifra (decipher, decode, read). (various references)

Russian 

решать (conclude, decide, determine, elect, judge, make up ~ mind, make up one's mind, resolve, settle, solved, solves, work out). (various references)

Scottish

tomhais (guess, measure, unriddle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rešiti (conclude, decide, eventuate, thrash out, untangle, work). (various references)

Spanish

resolver (arrange, clear up, decide, detect, determine, dispose of, dissolve, get out, have out, resolve, settle, think out, throw in, work out), solucionar (crack, deatch, detach, release, remove, sort out, unfix). (various references)

Swedish

tyda (decipher, explain, interpret), lösa (cash, disengage, do, loose, pay, resolve, settle, unchain, undo, unloose, unloosen, work out). (various references)

Turkish

halletmek (adjust, arrange, clear up, compound, dispatch, dispose of, dissolve, figure out, get things done, hurdle, lay on, lick, manage, overcome, polish off, resolve, sort, sort out, Square, surmount, unriddle, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unzip, work out), aydınlatmak (brighten, charge, civilize, clear, clear up, clue, dissolve, elicit, elucidate, enlighten, enucleate, flash, flash on, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, let daylight into smth., light, light up, lighten, post, rake up, set light to, shine upon, unravel), çözmek (break, cipher out, compound, cut loose, decipher, defrost, detach, disengage, disentangle, figure out, loosen, puzzle out, read, reason, resolve, slack, slack up, unbind, unbrace, unbuckle, uncoil, uncouple, undo, unfasten, unfix, ungird, unhitch, unlink, unloose, unpick, unravel, unriddle, unrope, unscramble, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, work out), çözümlemek (analyse, analyze, clear up, construe, resolve, sort, sort out), çözüm bulmak (dope, dope out, find a way out). (various references)

Ukrainian

розчинятися (melt), розчиняти (attenuate, dissolve, embowel, spade), вирішувати (appoint, arbitrate, aread, choose, conclude, decide, decree, elect, resolve, settle), виконувати (administer, administrate, answer, carry out, comply, dispense, do, effect, effectuate, execute, fulfil, full, implement, obey, perform, play, put into effect, render, tender), виплачувати (acquit, pay, pay away, pay out, pay over). (various references)

Welsh

datrys. (various references)

solvere. (various references)

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Derivations

Words beginning with "solve": solved, solvencies, solvency, solvent, solventless, solvently, solvents, solver, solvers, solves. (additional references)

Words ending with "solve": absolve, dissolve, redissolve, resolve. (additional references)

Words containing "solve": absolved, absolver, absolvers, absolves, dissolved, dissolvent, dissolvents, dissolver, dissolvers, dissolves, insolvencies, insolvency, insolvent, insolvents, redissolved, redissolves, resolved, resolvent, resolvents, resolver, resolvers, resolves, undissolved, unresolved, unsolved. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Solve" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bolve, Olev, Osulf, salven, selive, selv, selva, Selve, seolf, slov, slove, slovo, slv, soiv, solde, solei, solf, solie, solle, sollte, Solva, sova, sove, Sovgeo, sovo, sudve, sulf, sylve, Tolven. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: loves, voles.

-1 letter: levo, lose, love, oles, sloe, sole, voes, vole.

-2 letters: els, lev, oes, ole, ose, sel, sol, voe.

-3 letters: el, es, lo, oe, os, so.

+1 letter: cloves, gloves, hovels, loaves, lovers, novels, olives, ovules, shovel, sloven, solved, solver, solves, voiles, voltes, vowels, wolves.

+2 letters: absolve, alcoves, clovers, coevals, elevons, evolves, glovers, grovels, louvers, louvres, lovages, plosive, plovers, resolve, revolts, salvoed, salvoes, saveloy, shovels, slovens, solvate, solvent, solvers, velours, villose, violets, volleys, volumes, volutes, vowless, wolvers.

+3 letters: aasvogel, absolved, absolver, absolves, allovers, alveolus, beloveds, coaevals, convulse, develops, devolves, dissolve, envelops, evolutes, evolvers, evulsion, flavones, flyovers, foveolas, foveoles, involves, lavaboes, layovers, levators, levulose, lovebugs, loveless, lovelies, loveseat, lovesick, lovesome, lowlives, movables, moveless, nonlives, novelise, novelist, novellas, oldwives, olivines, outlives, outloves, ovalness, overalls, overlaps, overlays, overlets, overlies, overlush, overplus, oversale, oversalt, oversell, overslip, overslow, oversold, oversoul, ovulates, plosives, pluviose, relievos, removals, resolved, resolver, resolves, revolves, rilievos, rivulose, saveloys, shoveled, shoveler, slipover, slovenly, solvable, solvated, solvates, solvency, solvents, ungloves, unsolved, vacuoles, valorise, varioles, veloutes, venously, venulose, venulous, violates, violones, vocables, vocalise, voleries, voltages, volvoxes, vorlages, voteless, zelkovas.