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solve
English
Etymology
From Latin solv?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s?lv/
- (General American) IPA(key): /s?lv/, /s?lv/
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.
- True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
- 1649, Thomas Tickell, Thoughts occasioned by the sight of an original picture of King Charles I taken at the time of his trial
- God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
- (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.
Derived terms
- resolve
- solvable
- solution
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.
- 2017, Elodia Strain, The Dating Experiment (?ISBN):
- “Hey, Mr. Quilt Bandit.”
Ian smiled. “Nice solve, Nancy Drew.”
- “Hey, Mr. Quilt Bandit.”
- 2014 February 4, The Party, Gil Ozeri and Gabe Liedman (writers), Michael Engler (director), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 16:
Anagrams
- Loves, loves, slove, voles, voëls
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?l.ve/
- Rhymes: -?lve
Verb
solve
- third-person singular present indicative of solvere
Anagrams
- svelo, svelò, volse
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sol.u?e/, [?s????u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sol.ve/, [?s?lv?]
Verb
solve
- second-person singular present active imperative of solv?
References
- solve in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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unfold
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?f??ld/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?fo?ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Etymology
From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- +? fold.
Verb
unfold (third-person singular simple present unfolds, present participle unfolding, simple past and past participle unfolded)
- To undo a folding.
- Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.
- Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
- (transitive) To reveal.
- Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
- To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
- To release from a fold or pen.
Synonyms
- (to reveal): expose, uncover; see also Thesaurus:reveal
Antonyms
- fold
Translations
Noun
unfold (plural unfolds)
- (computing, programming) In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
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