Meaning of "solve" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOLVE

From Latin solvere to loosen, release, free from debt.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SOLVE

solve  [sɒlv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOLVE

Solve is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb solve in English.

WHAT DOES SOLVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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 Högne of Nærøy, and that he had his home in Jutland. He pillaged in the Baltic Sea and at night they made shore in the hundred of Lofond/Lovund 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 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.

Definition of solve in the English dictionary

The first definition of solve in the dictionary is to find the explanation for or solution to. Other definition of solve is to work out the answer to. Solve is also to obtain the roots of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SOLVE

PRESENT

Present

I solve

you solve

he/she/it solves

we solve

you solve

they solve

Present continuous

I am solving

you are solving

he/she/it is solving

we are solving

you are solving

they are solving

Present perfect

I have solved

you have solved

he/she/it has solved

we have solved

you have solved

they have solved

Present perfect continuous

I have been solving

you have been solving

he/she/it has been solving

we have been solving

you have been solving

they have been solving

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I solved

you solved

he/she/it solved

we solved

you solved

they solved

Past continuous

I was solving

you were solving

he/she/it was solving

we were solving

you were solving

they were solving

Past perfect

I had solved

you had solved

he/she/it had solved

we had solved

you had solved

they had solved

Past perfect continuous

I had been solving

you had been solving

he/she/it had been solving

we had been solving

you had been solving

they had been solving

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will solve

you will solve

he/she/it will solve

we will solve

you will solve

they will solve

Future continuous

I will be solving

you will be solving

he/she/it will be solving

we will be solving

you will be solving

they will be solving

Future perfect

I will have solved

you will have solved

he/she/it will have solved

we will have solved

you will have solved

they will have solved

Future perfect continuous

I will have been solving

you will have been solving

he/she/it will have been solving

we will have been solving

you will have been solving

they will have been solving

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would solve

you would solve

he/she/it would solve

we would solve

you would solve

they would solve

Conditional continuous

I would be solving

you would be solving

he/she/it would be solving

we would be solving

you would be solving

they would be solving

Conditional perfect

I would have solve

you would have solve

he/she/it would have solve

we would have solve

you would have solve

they would have solve

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been solving

you would have been solving

he/she/it would have been solving

we would have been solving

you would have been solving

they would have been solving

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you solve
we let´s solve
you solve

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to solve

Past participle

solved

Present Participle

solving

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SOLVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «solve» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of solve

answer · clarify · clear up · crack · decipher · disentangle · elucidate · explain · expound · get to the bottom of · interpret · resolve · unfold · unravel · work out

TRANSLATION OF SOLVE

Find out the translation of solve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of solve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «solve» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 解决
• Translator English - Spanish: resolver
• English: solve
• Translator English - Hindi: हल
• Translator English - Arabic: يُحِلُّ
• Translator English - Russian: разрешить
• Translator English - Portuguese: resolver
• Translator English - Bengali: সমাধান
• Translator English - French: résoudre
• Translator English - Malay: Selesaikan
• Translator English - German: lösen
• Translator English - Japanese: 解決する
• Translator English - Korean: 해결하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngatasi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: giải quyết
• Translator English - Tamil: தீர்க்க
• Translator English - Marathi: सोडवा
• Translator English - Turkish: çözmek
• Translator English - Italian: risolvere
• Translator English - Polish: rozwiązać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вирішувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a rezolva
• Translator English - Greek: λύνω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: los
• Translator English - Swedish: lösa
• Translator English - Norwegian: løse

10 QUOTES WITH «SOLVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word solve.

1

Alexander Alekhine

In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.

2

Michael Arad

I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You can't cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself.

3

Roy Barnes

Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems.

4

Max Born

If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success.

5

James Brown

The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

6

Jim Cantalupo

Because we only feed in the United States less than 1 per cent of the meals, most of them are eaten elsewhere. Most meals are eaten at home. So to make McDonald's the target is not going to solve the problem.

7

Frank Carlucci

Of course, China is a key to the North Korea if we're going to solve that riddle, but they could also be helpful on Iraq, which is why it's important that we maintain a constructive dialogue with China.

8

Ivan Chermayeff

Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.

9

Richard J. Codey

It has always been the role of government to help solve problems, including and especially health crises. Obesity is a health epidemic across our country, and we have a responsibility as a government and a society to do all we can to promote good nutrition and healthy eating so we can reverse this alarming trend.

10

Bob Corker

In business, you try to solve problems.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOLVE»

Discover the use of solve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to solve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight.

G. Polya, 2014

The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It (Large ...

Preface. This project has been more than a decade in the making. It began with a discussion we had in the Cayman Islands about the different ways courts were treating DNA and software cases. That discussion led to two articles—“Is Patent ...

Dan L. Burk, Mark A. Lemley, 2010

50 Great States Read and Solve Crossword Puzzles: Engaging ...

Crossword puzzles encourage students in grades three through six to recall facts provided in informational passages on each of the fifty United States.

Sylvia Charlesworth, 2002

Talk It, Solve It: Reasoning Skills in Maths

And they are absolutely essential in daily life. We developed this book in conjunction with Bracknell Forest LA to help you get children thinking and talking about numbers and shape, while honing their logical reasoning.

Jennie Pennant, John Thompson, 2005

Solve Your Problems The Birbal Way

The authors have retold some of the Birbal stories that they gathered, and at the end of each they have pointed out the management moral of the narrative, whose wisdom stays as fresh as ever.

Luis S.R.Vas, S.R. Luis, 2002

How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics

Publilius Syrus, Moral Sayings We've been very fortunate to receive fantastic feedback from our readers during the last four years, since the first edition of How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics was published in 1999.

Zbigniew Michalewicz, David B. Fogel, 2004

How to Solve Mathematical Problems

Seven problem-solving techniques include inference, classification of action sequences, subgoals, contradiction, working backward, relations between problems, and mathematical representation.

Wayne A. Wickelgren, 1974

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems: Revised Edition: New, ...

He discusses the causes of most sleep problems from birth to adolescence and recommends an array of proven solutions for each so that parents can choose the strategy that works best for them.

Richard Ferber, 2006

Learning to Solve Problems: An Instructional Design Guide

This is the exciting premise underlying David Jonassen’s highly readable book, Learning to Solve Problems. If you are interested in helping people become better problem solvers, then this book is for you.

David H. Jonassen, 2004

Famous Problems of Geometry and how to Solve Them

Delve into the development of modern mathematics and match wits with Euclid, Newton, Descartes, and others. Each chapter explores an individual type of challenge, with commentary and practice problems. Solutions.

Benjamin Bold, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOLVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term solve is used in the context of the following news items.

Police continue to solve 2012 deaths of Iowa girls

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) – Investigators continue trying to solve the case of the two Iowa girls whose bodies were found several months after they disappeared in ... «KIMT 3, Jul 15»

How a 15-year-old solved a Rubik's Cube in 5.25 seconds

American teenager Collin Burns broke the Rubik's Cube world record earlier this year by solving the cube in 5.25 seconds — about a third of a second faster ... «Vox, Jul 15»

A Mental Block May Help Solve This Puzzle

On-air challenge: Today's puzzle is called "Monkey Business." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase starting with "M" and "B" — as in "monkey business.". «NPR, Jun 15»

Kids in Hong Kong Can Solve This Puzzle In Seconds – Can You?

Dang kids… I'll preface this post by admitting that I could not solve this surprisingly simple puzzle. I only spent a minute or two trying to figure it out, but to be ... «BGR, Jun 15»

Snap Send Solve: New app for reporting city council problems

Snap Send Solve can be used to report all types of issues including graffiti, blocked drains, fallen trees, broken playground equipment, suspected pests, rubbish ... «The Press, Jun 15»

Victoria Police offers $8 million in rewards to solve cold cases

"I am pleased to hear Victoria Police has approved a reward of $1 million dollars to help solve the mystery of what happened to my mother Debbie," she said. «The Age, Jun 15»

How to solve the maths puzzle for Vietnamese eight-year-olds that …

Or, we write a simple computer program to solve it for us. Which is what many of you did. It is arguably a more instructive puzzle for budding computer scientists ... «The Guardian, May 15»

Mathematicians solve 60-year-old problem

Graphical representation of the resonance manifold in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem, plotted in Mathematica. Credit: Yuri Lvov. A team of researchers, led by ... «Phys.Org, Mar 15»

Austrian minister says Minsk accord best chance to solve Ukraine …

Minsk is the biggest chance for a peaceful solution," Austria's foreign minister Sebastian Kurz said ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. «Reuters, Mar 15»

ECB Quantitative Easing Would Not Solve Greek Liquidity Problems …

ATHENS (Reuters) - Any European Central Bank quantitative easing program would help Greece's economy but would not be enough to solve its liquidity ... «Business Insider, Jan 15»