solve
/sɒlv/
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British/sɒlv/
solve verb: to find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
Verb
solve (third-person singular simple present solves, present participle solving, simple past and past participle solved)
- To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- True piety would effectually solve such scruples.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
- God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.1649, Thomas Tickell, Thoughts occasioned by the sight of an original picture of King Charles I taken at the time of his trial
- to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
- to solve a murder to solve a crime
- To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
- 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.
- To loosen or separate the parts of.
- To dissolve
Noun
solve (plural solves)
- A solution; an explanation.
- The solve is this, that thou dost common grow.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 69”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
- KEVIN: I decided a long time ago that just because I love Raymond, doesn't mean I have to love the people he works with. Good solve, Detective.2014 February 4, The Party, Gil Ozeri and Gabe Liedman (writers), Michael Engler (director), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 16
solve meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
solve in Hindi
- to find an answer or solution
- सुलझाना suljhānā, हल करना hal karnā
solve in Tamil
- தீர், விடை காண்
solve in Marathi
- to solve
- सोडवणे soḍavṇe
solve in Urdu
- to find an answer or solution
- حل کرنا hal karnā
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- solve in Bengali
- সমাধান করা, বিশ্লিষ্ট করা, দ্রবীভূত করা, সমস্যাপূরণ করা
- solve in Telugu
- పరిష్కరించు pariṣkariñcu
- solve in Malayalam
- ഒരു പ്രശ്നത്തിന് ഉത്തരം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക, വ്യക്തമാക്കുക, വ്യാകരിക്കുക, സമാധാനം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക
- solve in Kannada
- ಬಗೆಹರಿಸು bageharisu
- solve in Punjabi
- ਹੱਲ ਕਰੋ
- solve in Odia
- ସମାଧାନ କରନ୍ତୁ, ସମାଧାନ କର
- solve in Nepali
- समाधान गर्नुहोस्, समाधान गर
- solve in Tagalog
- lutasin
- solve in Arabic
- ذَابَ ḏāba, حَلَّ ḥalla
- solve in Malay
- menyelesaikan
- solve in Persian
- حل کردن hal kardan
- solve in Thai
- แก้ gɛ̂ɛ, แก้ไข gɛ̂ɛ-kǎi
- solve in Vietnamese
- giải quyết
- solve in Myanmar
- ရှင်း hrang:, ဖြေ hpre
Examples of solve in a sentence
- I was able to speak to a technical support person and get the problem solved.
- How do you solve this puzzle? –Sorry, I can't remember how.
- To solve the equation, we first collect all the terms in x on one side.
Synonyms of solve
- decipher
- resolve
- unriddle
- get to the bottom of
- iron out
- meliorate
- puzzle out
- reason out
- riddle
- sleuth
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Antonyms
Forms of solve
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | solves |
| present participle | solving |
| past participle | solved |
| past | solved |
| Noun | |
| plural | solves |
Origin of solve
From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō.
Words formed from solve
Phrases with solve
Words that rhyme with solve
- resolve
- dissolve
- evolve
- involve
- absolve
- devolve
- revolve
- convolve
- circumvolve
- intervolve
- unsolve
- coevolve
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Questions about solve
- What does solve mean?
- Solve means to find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- What is solve in Hindi?
- Solve in Hindi is सुलझाना (suljhānā), हल करना (hal karnā). See Solve meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is solve?
- Solve can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce solve?
- Solve is pronounced /sɒlv/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of solve?
- The past tense of solve is solved.
Words near solve in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: solve (page history and authors); solve (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सोडवणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); solve (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solve (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಬಗೆಹರಿಸು (Kannada) (page history and authors); solve (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); solve (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); solve (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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