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solve
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- pronunciation:
- salv
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
solves, solving, solved |
definition 1: |
to find an answer to (a problem or the like).
She solved her financial problem by sharing her apartment with a roommate.- synonyms:
- crack
- similar words:
- answer, decide, explain, resolve, straighten out, understand
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definition 2: |
to work out the answer to.
It took him a long time to solve the difficult equation.The puzzle was easy to solve.It took the police a few months to solve the crime.It's a mystery that is yet to be solved.- synonyms:
- work
- similar words:
- answer, calculate, cipher, crack, determine, elucidate, explain, fathom, figure, penetrate, puzzle out, unlock, unravel, unriddle
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related words: |
reason, sort |
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derivation: |
solvable (adj.) |
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