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Definition of "solve" []

  • To find a solution to. (verb-transitive)
  • To work out a correct solution to (a problem). (verb-transitive)
  • To solve an equation: Insert the values of the constants and solve for x. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "solve" in a sentence
  • "Too often the result of such instruction is students who can add when told to add, or solve quadratic equations when told to �solve the following quadratic equations,� but cannot decide when to use these techniques in solving problems."
  • "I want to travel, see the sites, maybe solve some -- "She almost said _solve some murders_, but finished lamely," -- solve some problems in magnesium technology. ""
  • "Always, the main problem to solve is to help the user to find "the needle in the haystack"."