solvable

[ sol-vuh-buh l ]

/ ˈsɒl və bəl /

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adjective

capable of being solved, as a problem.

Mathematics. (of a group) having a normal series of subgroups in which successive quotient groups are Abelian.

Words nearby solvable

solution of contiguity, solution of continuity, solution set, solutizer, solutrean, solvable, solvate, solvation, solvay, solvay process, solve

Origin of solvable

First recorded in 1640–50; solve + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM solvable

solv·a·bil·i·ty, solv·a·ble·ness, nounnon·solv·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·solv·a·ble, adjectivenon·solv·a·ble·ness, noun

un·solv·a·ble, adjectiveun·solv·a·ble·ness, nounun·solv·a·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH solvable

insoluble insolvable unsolvablesolvable soluble

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Examples from the Web for solvable

That should be a solvable problem, former Yahoo employees told The Daily Beast.
Current, Former Yahoo Employees Question the Ban on Working From Home|Winston Ross|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The good news is, this is an urgent but solvable problem, because almost all of these deaths are preventable.
Christy Turlington Burns: Why You Should Stay Mum This Mother’s Day|Christy Turlington Burns|May 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The good news is this problem is solvable and we know where to focus our efforts.
The Real Cost of High-School Dropouts|Alma J. Powell|May 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Some of them are shown to be solvable by recently developed spiritual laws, while others are proven to be founded wholly in error.
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors|Kersey Graves

The whole question seems to me to lie in the proverbial nutshell, and to be solvable by the proverbial common sense.
Dog Stories from the "Spectator"|Various
Coleridge's unshaken conviction that it was solvable, inspired many with courage.
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century|Various
Green means the problem is solvable within the conditions set down.
Death Wish|Robert Sheckley
This problem also is solvable in the simplest manner by the free mobility of labour involved in the principle of free association.
Freeland|Theodor Hertzka

British Dictionary definitions for solvable

solvable

/ (ˈsɒlvəbəl) /

adjective

another word for soluble (def. 1)

Derived forms of solvable

solvability or solvableness, noun

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