solve [ solv ] SHOW IPA
/ sɒlv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb (used with object), solved, solv·ing.
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain: to solve the mystery of the missing books.
to work out the answer or solution to (a mathematical problem).
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Origin of solve 1400–50; late Middle English solven <Latin solvere to loosen, free, release, dissolve
OTHER WORDS FROM solve solver, noun pre·solve, verb (used with object), pre·solved, pre·solv·ing. un·solved, adjective well-solved, adjective
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How to use solve in a sentence So I think it’s that bimodel approach of high-frequency questions that we can solve by asynchronous means or high-impact moments a few times per year where, essentially, we need to sit down and we need to think together deeply about the problem.
The hard work of solving the country’s biggest problems falls to all of us.
The question of how do you actually make it a long-term structural shift is what they’re not solving for.
Maybe the state would work harder to solve Wayne County’s problems.
Occasionally he will get a call from a company that wants his help solving a problem.
Pat Roberts of ten years ago was much more moderate and, and tended to be viewed more as a problem solve r.
That sounds fine at first, and of course Holmes is a renowned problem-solve r, at least in the world of fictional ink.
Former President Bill Clinton, a famous speed solve r, became a fan of his, even sending Reagle one of his completed puzzles.
Moreover, Zucker is less a long-term strategist than an in-the-moment problem-solve r.
Like most seriously successful businessmen, Mitt is a pragmatic problem solve r, a sensible fixer, a technocrat.
What can be done in the next three years, time, that great solve r of doubts, must tell.
The child who was made a wonderer and a problem finder by God is made a problem solve r by teachers.
It bore the name of this marvel, this solve r of the sentimental riddle, and beneath it three interrogation marks.
No solve r of least square equations at the present day ought to make such a blunder.
An exceedingly ingenious constructor and solve r of fascinating puzzles, mathematical and otherwise.
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British Dictionary definitions for solve
verb (tr)
to find the explanation for or solution to (a mystery, problem, etc)
maths to work out the answer to (a problem) to obtain the roots of (an equation)
Derived forms of solve solver , noun Word Origin for solve C15: from Latin solvere to loosen, release, free from debt
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