solve
/sɑlv/ verb A1- To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- 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.
He/she/it solves · Past solved · Past participle solved · -ing form solving
Verb forms
- Base form
- solve
- He/she/it
- solves
- Past
- solved
- Past participle
- solved
- -ing form
- solving
From the library
‘I am afraid, however, that it can be of little help to you in solving this mystery.’
While affecting to be deeply engaged in examining the ladder, the mind of Dantès was, in fact, busily occupied by the idea that a person so intelligent, ingenious, and clear-sighted as the abbé might probably be able to solve the dark mystery of his own misfortunes, where he himself could see nothing.
I was already perfectly convinced that Godfrey was in hiding somewhere near, but where and why remained to be solved.
“Why do you not solve it yourself, Mycroft?
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