solve
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
Other meanings
to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc of crime
To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
Synonyms
- work out
- figure out
- puzzle out
- lick
- work
Related words
- backsolve
- missolve
- presolve
- solvible
- unsolve
- upsolve
- problem-solve
- re-solve
- solvable
Word history
From Latin "solvō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “solve” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.