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solve
UK /sɒlv/ US /sɑlv/
verb 5noun 1
Definitions
verb
1
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
2
to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
to solve a murder to solve a crime
3
To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
4
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.
5
To loosen or separate the parts of.
noun
1
A solution; an explanation.
The solve is this, that thou dost common grow.
KEVIN: I decided a long time ago that just because I love Raymond, doesn't mean I have to love the people he works with. Good solve, Detective.
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