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solving

solving is the present participle and gerund of solve.

Meaning of solve

Verb

solve (third-person singular simple present solves, present participle solving, simple past and past participle solved)

  1. 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
  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. (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.
    1. (archaic, transitive) To dissolve

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Questions about solving

What is solving the present participle and gerund of?
Solving is the present participle and gerund of solve.

Words near solving in the dictionary

  1. solves
  2. solvest
  3. solveth
  4. solvi
  5. solvible
  6. solving
  7. solvings
  8. solvmanifold
  9. solvmanifolds
  10. solvolyse
  11. solvolyses

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