solve

verb

1. To find a solution for: clear up, decipher, explain, resolve, unravel. Informal dope out, figure out. Idioms: get to the bottom of. See ask/answer, reason/unreason.
2. To arrive at an answer to (a mathematical problem): work, work out. Informal figure out. See reason/unreason.

v

Definition: answer, resolve
Antonyms: complicate, encode, pose, question, search, wonder

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IN BRIEF: To find an answer or explanation for a problem.

You can't solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created it. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - løse, klare

Nederlands (Dutch)
oplossen, ontraadselen

Français (French)
v. tr. - résoudre, élucider, trouver la solution de, trouver la solution à

Deutsch (German)
v. - lösen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (επι)λύω, λύνω, εξιχνιάζω, διαλευκαίνω

Italiano (Italian)
risolvere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - solucionar, resolver, liquidar, soltar

Русский (Russian)
решать, объяснять, распутывать, платить (долг), выполнять, прекращать, растворять, растворяться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - resolver, descifrar, solucionar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lösa, tyda, finna en utväg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
解决, 解答

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 解決, 解答

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (문제 따위를) 풀다, (부채를) 갚다, 용해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 解決する, 答える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحل, يسدد دينا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פתר, פענח‬

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