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solve - What does it mean?

Definition of 'solve'

English

Verb

(solv)
  • To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
  • * South
    • True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
  • * Tickell
    • God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
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  • (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
  • (mathematics) 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.

    • Derived terms

    * resolve * solution

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) A solution; an explanation.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Anagrams

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