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solve.

To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/sɒlv/Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales/sɒlv/British, Southern, Standard[sɔɫv] ~(l-vocalization)[sɔʊ̯v]British, Southern, Standard/sɔlv/Scotland
  1. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

  2. to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)

    to solve a murder   to solve a crime
  3. To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.

  4. To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.

  5. To loosen or separate the parts of.

    transitive
  6. To loosen or separate the parts of. To dissolve

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō.

noun/sɒlv/Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales/sɒlv/British, Southern, Standard[sɔɫv] ~(l-vocalization)[sɔʊ̯v]British, Southern, Standard/sɔlv/Scotland
  1. A solution; an explanation.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō.

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