solve

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /sɒlv/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): [sɔɫv], (L-vocalisation) [sɔʊ̯v] (General American) IPA(key): /sɑlv/, /sɔlv/ (Canada) IPA(key): [sɔ(ː)ɫv] (General Australian) IPA(key): /sɔlv/, [sɔɫv], (L-vocalisation) [sɔʊ̯v] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /sɒlv/, [sɔ̟ɫv], (L-vocalisation) [sɔ̟ʊ̯v] Rhymes: -ɒlv === Verb === solve (third-person singular simple present solves, present participle solving, simple past and past participle solved) To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out. Synonyms: decipher, resolve, unriddle; see also Thesaurus:solve to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime) (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities. (mathematics) 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. (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of. (chemistry, archaic) To dissolve ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === solve (plural solves) (now rare, chiefly law enforcement) A solution; an explanation. 2014 February 4, The Party, Gil Ozeri and Gabe Liedman (writers), Michael Engler (director), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 16: KEVIN: I decided a long time ago that just because I love Raymond, doesn't mean I have to love the people he works with. Good solve, Detective. === Anagrams === Loves, loves, slove, voles, voëls == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɔl.ve/ Rhymes: -ɔlve Hyphenation: sòl‧ve === Verb === solve third-person singular present indicative of solvere === Anagrams === svelo, svelò, volse == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsɔɫ.wɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɔl.ve] === Verb === solve second-person singular present active imperative of solvō === References === "solve", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Middle English == === Verb === solve alternative form of solven