solve
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
solve
v 1: 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"
[syn: {solve}, {work out}, {figure out}, {puzzle out},
{lick}, {work}]
2: find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" [syn:
{resolve}, {solve}]
3: settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
[syn: {clear}, {solve}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Solve \Solve\ (s[o^]lv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solved}
(s[o^]lvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Solving}.] [L. solvere, solutum;
from a prefix so- expressing separation (cf. {Sober}) + luere
to loosen; cf. OF. soldre, soudre. See {Loose}, and cf.
{Absolve}.]
To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is
obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a
result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve
difficulties; to solve a problem.
[1913 Webster]
True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
--South.
[1913 Webster]
God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. --Tickell.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Solve
Parallel object-oriented language. "Message Pattern
Specifications: A New Technique for Handling Errors in
Parallel Object- Oriented Systems", J.A. Purchase et al,
SIGPLAN Notices 25(10):116-125 (OOPSLA/ECOOP '90) (Oct 1990).
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "solve":
account for, allegorize, answer, bottom, break, cipher, clarify,
clear up, colliquate, crack, cut, debug, decide, decipher,
decoagulate, decoct, decode, deliquesce, demonstrate,
demythologize, determine, disentangle, dissolve, divine, do, dope,
dope out, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain,
explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, fathom, figure out,
find out, find the answer, find the solution, fix, fluidify,
fluidize, flux, fuse, get, get right, give reason for,
give the meaning, guess, guess right, have it, hit it,
hold in solution, illuminate, illustrate, infuse, interpret, leach,
liquefy, liquesce, liquidize, lixiviate, make clear, make out,
make plain, melt, melt down, open the lock, percolate, plumb,
popularize, psych, psych out, puzzle out, rationalize, ravel,
ravel out, resolve, reveal, riddle, run, settle, shed light upon,
show, show how, show the way, simplify, solubilize, sort out,
spell out, thaw, thin, throw light upon, unclot, undo, unfold,
unlock, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, untwist, unweave,
work, work out
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