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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
solve
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
resolve/solve a dilemma
▪ People often need help with resolving their dilemmas.
solve a crime
▪ It took ten years for the police to solve the crime.
solve a murder (=find out who murdered someone)
▪ The murder has never been solved.
solve an equation
▪ For homework, solve the equations on page 56.
solved...puzzle
▪ He thought he had solved the puzzle.
solve/resolve a problem (also fix a probleminformal)
▪ He solved his financial problems by selling his car.
solve...riddle
▪ See if you can solve this riddle.
solve...riddle
▪ The police have been unable to solve the riddle of her disappearance.
solve/unravel a mystery (=find out what happened)
▪ The children were given the clues and had to try to solve the mystery.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
approach
▪ Data Harvest has a differentiated approach to solving hardware problems.
▪ Together these two technologies could provide a whole brain approach to problem solving.
▪ McClellan's is the most sophisticated approach yet designed towards solving these logistic problems.
▪ This approach does not solve the problem of continuity that depends on more than the single preceding node.
▪ We therefore apply a finite-difference approach to solving the required equations.
▪ A better approach is to adopt a serial approach and solve them over a number of stages. 4.
▪ At the same time it launched an ideological offensive launched to justify this approach to solving the crisis.
▪ In an interesting approach to solving collaborative site management issues, you can add extra columns to the listings.
attempt
▪ It represents an attempt to solve the problem by logic-chopping.
▪ FoxTrax attempts to solve this problem with a puck stuffed with circuit boards and infrared emitters.
▪ A 14-point programme was debated in an attempt to solve the situation in the republic.
▪ The non-linearity of this equation introduces considerable difficulty into any attempt at solving the general problem.
▪ A pioneer of philanthropic attempts to solve this crisis was Octavia Hill.
case
▪ He just happened to be there after solving another case.
▪ He basically solved this case for the prosecution.
▪ Doug was sure that would be the major step in solving the case, one way or another.
▪ He praised protective agency investigators for doing a good job in trying to solve cases of abuse.
▪ But only after everything is solved, another case filed away.
▪ Smiffy Blue is competent enough to solve his cases.
▪ At a news conference today police confirmed that they were still no nearer to solving the case.
▪ It's more than two months since Jim Eggleton was murdered and police say they're still no closer to solving the case.
crime
▪ Will Robin solve the fiendish crimes?
▪ The two casts of characters, although ostensibly cooperating to solve a crime of mutual interest, detest each other.
▪ The role of the press is rarely condemnatory of the police and usually supportive of the official efforts to solve crime.
▪ Koch decides once again to solve the crime.
▪ Besides, he reasoned, he might even get closer to solving the crime this way.
▪ He made no headway, came not one step closer to solving the crime.
▪ Sometimes they are keen to have media help in solving a crime, other times they are more reluctant.
▪ He has vowed to solve the crime almost as often as he has vowed to resume the life he used to live.
crisis
▪ But I can not see it solving the crisis of the socialist left.
▪ I have solved the corn crisis by dedicating a single bed to growing sweet corn.
▪ A pioneer of philanthropic attempts to solve this crisis was Octavia Hill.
▪ I have some suggestions for helping to solve the water crisis felt in some places out west.
▪ At the same time it launched an ideological offensive launched to justify this approach to solving the crisis.
▪ Unexpectedly, the satellite radio helped to solve the cash crisis.
difficulty
▪ To do that there may be times when we need to put trust in a professional to help solve our difficulties.
▪ Rents did not, however, necessarily solve the difficulties of town finance.
▪ Some people suggest that the removal of tolls would help to solve the difficulties to a great extent.
▪ The subsection provides a simple method of solving the difficulty created if a licensing board is not timeously or fully elected.
▪ It's not bad to succeed, to excel, and it's always satisfying to solve a difficulty.
▪ Too many too easily turn to divorce to solve their difficulties of conflict.
▪ But so far as the confusions about to be examined are concerned, it does not solve the difficulty.
equation
▪ Given that an equilibrium exists, it can be found by solving these equations.
▪ Using the equilibrium condition Q, Qi solve the equations to determine equilibrium price.
▪ First, we can not solve the equations for the very large number of particles involved.
▪ One boy was solving a quadratic equation, another was engaged with Euclid.
▪ First, we can not solve the equations.
▪ We next go on to solve these equations of motion.
▪ But it is just too hard to solve the equations when there are more than a few particles involved.
▪ Even in the simpler Newtonian theory of gravity, one can solve the equations exactly only in the case of two particles.
issue
▪ Second, once identified, can they be of any use in helping us solve real-life issues?
▪ This Summit meeting was supposed to solve critical issues facing the Lakers and Houston Rockets.
▪ In an interesting approach to solving collaborative site management issues, you can add extra columns to the listings.
▪ Guess how the Management Plan advises solving these issues?
▪ Killing is not going to solve the issue.
murder
▪ It is Joan and Ted's hope that even now some one may know something that can solve Brian's murder.
▪ In Central News tonight: Find our son's killer: Ten thousand pounds to solve a murder.
▪ And proof at last: Genetic testing solves a murder, thirteen years on.
▪ No, Mr Holmes, we use the computer to solve the murder.
▪ Mr Muncie, now dead, solved 53 Lanarkshire murders, including those by Peter Manuel.
mystery
▪ Never fear, messieurs, we shall have this mystery solved in time of nothing at all.
▪ Even when all the falling in love and car chasing and mystery solving goes on among the white folks.
▪ At the end of every chapter there is always still a mystery to solve.
▪ The mystery has been solved, but the sense of implication has only spread.
▪ A little smile of triumph touched his mouth. Mystery solved.
▪ Naturally, I am grateful that this mystery has been solved.
▪ And, of course, the mystery was soon solved by the following utterance.
▪ When the mystery is solved, a quest with new clues can be started.
problem
▪ With commitment and amounts of cash that seemed paltry when compared with government defence budgets, that problem could be solved.
▪ Liquid problems are usually solved after age 7 or 8.
▪ For zoos, evolution is a problem harder to solve than is the diet of the gorilla.
▪ Working together, the union, consultant, and management representatives proposed a series of Saturday training sessions on problem solving.
▪ There are, in fact, at least two separate problems to be solved, both of them enormously difficult.
▪ He wants to know about specifics, about problems and how I solve them.
▪ The problem of sterility is solved when seen through the eyes of kinship.
▪ They thought problems existed to be solved.
puzzle
▪ As I walked around that charming town, I undertook the task of solving the puzzle she had set for me.
▪ Using quantum theory to understand gravity makes as much sense as trying solve a crossword puzzle with the key to your door.
▪ He needed to solve the puzzle that was Harold Piper.
▪ Results of tests on two more carcasses may solve the puzzle, she added.
▪ There were two ways of solving a scientific puzzle, they said.
▪ It solves some of the puzzles mentioned for proper names.
▪ One way of solving the puzzle would be to use the second law.
▪ He thought that the way to solve archaeological puzzles was to weigh the opposing authorities.
question
▪ Often the problem can be solved at once; other questions have shown up problems with the data or with the SASPAC91 software.
▪ She was more interested in having them describe and demonstrate how they went about solving the question at hand.
riddle
▪ Yet we have been programmed to be curious, to question, to probe and to seek to solve riddles.
▪ As if a degree could solve the riddle of Comrade Cancer.
▪ How could he make sense of it all unless he could first solve the riddle of himself?
▪ On his wanderings Oedipus came to Thebes, solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and thus delivered the city.
▪ Vechey probably carried the vases around trying to solve the riddle.
way
▪ Increasingly, researchers have attempted to conceptualize speaker variables in such a way as to solve a widening range of substantive problems.
▪ The emphasis is less on getting the correct answer and more on being resourceful in finding ways of solving problems.
▪ The Community is now on the way to solving these problems on the following lines.
▪ It says that as a society, we believe violence is one way to solve certain problems.
▪ It needs an exceptional way to solve exceptional problems.
▪ One way to solve this problem would be to involve all preschool children in the assessment and counseling session. 6.
▪ He also put in much of his own time and appeared to have a way of solving most problems.
▪ He thought that the way to solve archaeological puzzles was to weigh the opposing authorities.
ways
▪ There were two ways of solving a scientific puzzle, they said.
▪ The emphasis is less on getting the correct answer and more on being resourceful in finding ways of solving problems.
▪ This book clearly indicates the problems, and some of the ways they might be solved.
▪ There were various ways of solving the problem.
▪ There are a number of ways of solving this such as ....
■ VERB
fail
▪ Unfortunately, Howard Reich, a Chicago music critic, fails to solve the mystery of the pianist's rise and disappearance.
▪ Public officials should be ashamed they failed to solve the problem before this.
▪ But it failed to solve, or even adequately address, the problems of the small-business people in the area.
help
▪ Market research is the first place you go to help solve this initial problem.
▪ Congress could help solve this problem later this year when it begins reforming the 600-page Higher Education Act of 1965.
▪ In 1996, Internet service providers will help solve the problem, giving users number-free addresses based on their real names.&038;.
▪ The conflict and anxiety approach has worrying implications when it comes to trying to help people solve their problems.
▪ For instance, I bet it can't help us solve the problem of waiting lists?
▪ I have some suggestions for helping to solve the water crisis felt in some places out west.
▪ It will also construct computer simulations of skill to help solve the design problems.
▪ And it has helped solve the two major parties' identity crises.
need
▪ He needed to solve the puzzle that was Harold Piper.
▪ Now we needed to solve the second biggest problem in our lives, paying off the credit-card and installment debt.
▪ But we do not need to solve this conundrum, for the picture painted is unreal.
▪ Something was needed to solve all the interface, translation, transformation, and interpretation problems that were driving application developers crazy.
▪ What is needed to solve today's maintenance problems?
▪ However, he said it needs a freeway to solve the problem.
▪ Pupils experienced difficulties in applying skills in new contexts, and in understanding what skills were needed to solve new problems.
▪ Often, we have to research to secure some of the data we need in order to solve a problem.
try
▪ Instead of trying to solve the problem all at once there is an attempt to create sub-problems.
▪ Using quantum theory to understand gravity makes as much sense as trying solve a crossword puzzle with the key to your door.
▪ But on a more fundamental level the fiasco illustrates the futility of trying to solve political decisions by mathematical models.
▪ We are going forward step by step, and trying to solve problems peacefully.
▪ Vechey probably carried the vases around trying to solve the riddle.
▪ How would you try to solve the problem?
▪ Ministry of Defence engineers have tried to solve the problem of the leaking oil without resorting to drilling into the wreck.
▪ The conflict and anxiety approach has worrying implications when it comes to trying to help people solve their problems.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ According to Greek legend, it was Oedipus who solved the riddle of the Sphinx.
▪ At last astronomers have solved the mystery of the rings encircling the planet Saturn.
▪ Casey is very good at solving crossword puzzles.
▪ Detectives are trying to solve the murder of a young girl.
▪ I'm never going to solve this puzzle - it's impossible.
▪ Officials hope the Navy will solve the mystery of four bombs that are missing from the wreckage of a military jet.
▪ Simply making drugs legal will not solve our nation's drug problem.
▪ The government is to launch a new building programme in an attempt to solve the housing crisis.
▪ The role of the press is to sell newspapers, not to solve crime.
▪ The roof used to leak but last week I fitted some new tiles and that seems to have solved the problem.
▪ These games encourage children's ability to solve puzzles using their mathematical skills.
▪ They thought money would solve all their problems.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In reality that would only increase white racism and try to solve with money a problem that can not be bribed away.
▪ The second world war had solved the problems of the 1930s depression.
▪ There is now considerable interest in the assessment of processes, problem solving strategies, and creativity in mathematics.
▪ There were a number of problems to be faced, but one by one he managed to solve them.
▪ To solve these problems takes vision as well.
▪ Well, that solves that problem, she thinks to herself.
▪ You chaps usually bring as much trouble with you as you solve.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Solve

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.

True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
--South.

God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
--Tickell.

Syn: To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.

Solve

Solve \Solve\, n. A solution; an explanation. [Obs.]
--Shak.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
solve

late 14c., "to disperse, dissipate, loosen," from Latin solvere "to loosen, dissolve; untie, release, detach; depart; unlock; scatter; dismiss; accomplish, fulfill; explain; remove," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- (see idiom) + root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart" (see lose). The meaning "explain, answer" is attested from 1530s; for sense evolution, see solution. Mathematical use is attested from 1737. Related: Solved; solving.

Wiktionary
solve

n. (context obsolete English) A solution; an explanation. vb. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

WordNet
solve

  1. v. 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: work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work]

  2. find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" [syn: resolve]

  3. settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt" [syn: clear]

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Wikipedia
Sölve

Sölve was a sea-king who conquered Sweden by burning the Swedish king Östen to death inside his hall.

The Heimskringla relates that he was the son of Högne of Nærøy, and that he had his home in Jutland (however, according to the older source Historia Norwegiae, he was Geatish). He pillaged in the Baltic Sea and at night they made shore in the hundred of Lofond/Lovund (perhaps Lovön or the Lagunda Hundred) where they surrounded a house and set it on fire killing everybody inside. In the house there was a feast where the Swedish king Östen was invited. Then Sölve and his men arrived in Sigtuna ( Old Sigtuna) and declared that the Swedes had to accept him as king. The Swedes refused and fought Sölve for eleven days until they lost. Sölve then ruled Sweden until the Swedes rebelled and killed him.

Historia Norwegiae only relates that the Geats burnt Östen and his people to death inside his house.

Sölvi also appears in Half's saga, of which there is a version from the year 1300. This saga relates that Sölvi was the son of Högne the rich of Nærøy fyrir Naumundalsminni in Norway and that he was the brother of Hild the Slender. Sölvi's brother-in-law, Hjorleiv, was the king of Hordaland and Rogaland and Hjorleiv killed Hreidar, the king of Zealand. Then Hjorleiv put Sölvi as the jarl of Zealand. Later in the saga, Sölvi is no longer the jarl of Zealand, but the king of Sweden. Hjorleiv had a son named Half (after whom the saga is named), and after the Norwegian king Asmund had killed Half, a couple of his champions go to Sweden and king Sölvi (til svíþjóðar ; fóru þeir ... á fund Sölva konungs) (see also Gard Agdi).

Sölvi is also mentioned in a few other sources, but none of them relate of his Danish and Swedish dominions.

He was succeeded by Ingvar of the Swedish royal dynasty, the House of Yngling.

Solve (song)

Solve is Dream's eighth single. The single reached #17 on the weekly Oricon charts and charted for three weeks. The title track was the May 2001 ending theme for Nihon TV show Pinpapa and the image song for the Japanese release of Little Nicky.

Solve (advertising agency)

Solve is an independent advertising and branding agency based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The agency was founded in late 2011 by CEO John Colasanti, President Corey Johnson and Executive Creative Directors Eric Sorensen and Hans Hansen. Prior to founding Solve, Colasanti and Johnson held executive leadership positions at Carmichael Lynch, while Sorensen and Hansen served as creative directors at Fallon Worldwide.

Solve clients include American Standard, Bentley Motors, True Value Hardware, Porsche, Galbani, Organic Valley, Medifast, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Orbea, Shopko Stores, Founders Brewing Company, The V Foundation for Cancer Research, Radisson Hotels and the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota.

In 2016, Solve became the first U.S.-based advertising agency to field a competitive cycling team supporting both an employee passion and the agency's many cycling clients.

Solve was named Midwest Small Agency of the Year at the 2016 Ad Age Small Agency Awards in Miami. The Small Agency Awards are the premier honors saluting outstanding work created by independent shops with 150 or fewer employees. It marked a return trip to the podium for Solve having been previously recognized by Ad Age as a top small agency in 2013.

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Usage examples of "solve".

The thrill of finding an allusion, of locating the precise source of a teasing echo, of suddenly catching an obscure pun or seeing what should have been an obvious joke makes the reader alert, curious, eager to find new puzzles to solve.

One of the most important problems to be investigated in the history of dogma, and one which unfortunately cannot be completely solved, is to show what necessities led to the setting up of a new canon of Scripture, what circumstances required the appearance of living authorities in the communities, and what relation was established between the apostolic rule of faith, the apostolic canon of Scripture, and the apostolic office.

Such expressions of course could only have come from men who had succeeded in solving some of the problems of antisepsis that were solved once more in the generation preceding our own.

I solved the problem by creating an autor named Anele Zurc, who had written and financed the play.

Genetic engineering solved this problem: scientists could synthesize the genes that code for the production of myelin toxin, reproduce them artificially in the lab, and insert them into bacterial cells.

Even the more bellicose Palatines, such as Gaidekki or Ingiaban, spoke more to score than to solve.

Mick stared at him with new respect as Brewster, the problem theoretically solved, removed his pipe from his jacket pocket and started filling it with tobacco.

Secondly, the singular psychological experiences referred to are explicable so far as we can expect with our present limited data and powers to solve the dense mysteries of the soul by various considerations not involving the doctrine in question.

And then Jack recalled that it was actually he, Jack, who had solved the riddle of how Humpty met his grisly end.

Now what about that little problem I set you on magnetosphere induction generators, hey, have you solved that yet?

II One night, many weeks later, Malemute Kid and Prince fell to solving chess problems from the torn page of an ancient magazine.

With Marle wanted as a crook, the problem was to coax Kendler back into the personality which he had permanently discarded, and The Shadow had solved it with the aid of Joe Cardona.

Miss Hamilton solved the problem by removing her dress, throwing it to Martyn and waiting to be inserted into her dressing-gown.

For, in it all Mr Massy seemed to have no sense of any person, any human being whom he was helping: he only realized a kind of mathematical working out, solving of given situations, a calculated well-doing.

The metalogic of solving puzzles is a good deal more complex than the logic of then-solutions.