solve in English: To find the answer to a problem or a difficult question. (verb)

Translation

To find the answer to a problem or a difficult question.

Word origin

From Latin solvere, meaning to loosen or to set free.

Verb typeregular (solve, solves, solved)

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"Solve" is nearly always used with "problem" or "puzzle".

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To "solve" a crime is to find out who did it.

puzzles .

You "solve a puzzle" by working out the answer.

problem

A difficult thing that you need to deal with or a question you need to answer.

answer

To say or write something back when someone asks you a question.

fix

To mend something that is broken so it works again.

question

A sentence or words you use when you want someone to give you an answer.

understand

To know what something means or how it works.

solution

A way to fix a problem, or the answer to it.

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