solve
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
Verb 4 meanings
To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
“to solve a murder to solve a crime”
To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
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.
Etymology
From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō.
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SOLVE at a glance
SOLVE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + L 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,459 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with solve
All rhymesOne letter away
- SALVE8
- SOAVE8
- SOLDE6
- WOLVE11
- VOLVE11
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