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SOLVE (5)

Solve

SOLVE

resolve, solve - v
find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x"

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Synonyms

clarify, clear up, deal with, decide, determine, do, explain, figure out, fix, have, iron out, settle, work out, break, construe, crack, decipher, decode, disentangle, divine, elucidate, enlighten, expound, fathom, get, hit, illuminate, interpret, lick, puzzle, reason

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Examples

All that time and he was unable to solve his financial problem.

Jumping to conclusions wasn't going to solve anything and she didn't want to be a jealous wife.

Standing in the dark, wielding bitter words at each other wouldn't solve anything.

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Etymology

late 14c., "to disperse, dissipate, loosen," from Latin solvere "to loosen, dissolve; untie, release, detach; depart; unlock; scatter; dismiss; accomplish, fulfill; explain; remove," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- (see idiom) + root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart." The meaning "explain, answer" is attested from 1530s; for sense evolution, see solution. Mathematical use is attested from 1737. Related: Solved; solving.

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