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solveUK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɒlv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sɑlv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(solv)
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026 solve /sɑlv/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], solved, solv•ing. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
solv•er, n. [countable]See -solv-. solve
(solv),USA pronunciation v.t., solved, solv•ing.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
solve /sɒlv/ vb (transitive)
'solve' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
answer
- brainstorm
- brainstorming
- calculate
- clear up
- clue
- complexity theory
- crack
- determinant
- difficult
- hitherto
- hopeless
- intractable
- problem
- psych out
- puzzle
- quandary
- resolve
- riddle
- simulation
- solvent
- toolkit
- unravel
- unriddle
- work out
- absolve
- Alliance for Progress
- analog computer
- Band-Aid
- bionics
- break
- can
- clear
- clever
- consolute
- Contadora Group
- crash program
- decide
- decipher
- dimensional analysis
- dissolve
- exsolve
- figure
- fix
- gaming
- Gordian
- gun
- hammer
- heuristic
- hit
Collocations: solve [a problem, the riddle, the issue, a puzzle], solve the [mystery, murder], solves the problem of [how, where, when, who, what], more... 🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "solve" in the title: ...know how to solve this problem
..either to comprehend or<to>solve.. ..is so difficult a problem that I can’t solve a man who knows how to solve your veins problems a means of solving~ vs a means to solve~ a problem (that) he still couldn't solve. allocate more money <for solving> <to solve> the problem and tried to solve the puzzles Anticipate/Reduce/Solve/Deal with as many as people are ways to solve a problem assisting us <solve / in solving/ solving> the problem can you solve it /are you able to solve it Can you solve it? crack/solve the test creative means to problem solve decide a question vs. solve a question decide/solve /settle the matter in favour Define the/- problems we can solve do problems v. solve problems Don't intermix, solve separately easy to solve it Easy-to-solve Finally we <could> <were able to> solve the problem fix / resolve / solve fix up / solve handle/solve a problem He has already had an idea as to how to solve this problem He said that they could intervene to help solve the problem. He took ten minutes to solve the problem. he would solve it for me more... Look up "solve" at Merriam-Webster Look up "solve" at dictionary.com
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