Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: solve
IPA transcription: [s'ɑlv]
Pronunciations of solve
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: solve, work_out, figure_out, puzzle_out, lick, work
    Meaning: find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"
  • Synonyms: resolve, solve
    Meaning: find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x"
Usage examples
  • "Wouldn't that solve the difficulty?"
  • Thus it is clear how to solve the first two objections.
  • Solve only the first of the two problems; you will be Venice, you will be England.
  • I do not despair in the least, but it will require some deep study to solve this difficult problem.
  • This didn't help to solve the problem, and they all fell silent and looked at one another questioningly.
  • For, on the manner in which we solve this question depends the manner in which we must cogitate these relations.
  • Then, and not until then, did she realize the seriousness of even this one phase of the problem she had undertaken to solve.
  • In answer to the first of these, one may say that for all your enthusiasm for the simple solution, you cannot thereby solve a single dream problem.
  • With all her heart, Nan wished she might do something that would really help Uncle Henry solve his problem regarding the timber rights on the Perkins Tract.
  • Unquestionably, the distribution of many forms of life, past and present, offers problems which with our present paleontological knowledge we are wholly unable to solve.
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