solve

intransitive verb

To find an answer to, explanation for, or way of dealing with (a problem, for example).

intransitive verb

To solve an equation.

noun

Solution.

To loosen; disentangle; unravel; hence, to explain or clear up the difficulties in; resolve; explain; make clear; remove perplexity from: as, to solve a difficulty, a puzzle, or a problem.

To determine; put an end to; settle.

To determine or work out by rule; operate on by calculation or mathematical processes, so as to bring out the required result: as, to solve a problem in mathematics.

To dissolve; melt.

transitive verb

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.

noun

A solution; an explanation.

verb

To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.