solve A2 Topic:Communication US /sɑlv/ UK /sɒlv/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like salve /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Freq #2291 Meanings 1 verb To find the answer to a problem or question. Did you solve the problem? 2 verb To find out who committed a crime and how. The detective finally solved the murder after months of work. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to find the answer to a... resolvedecipher More absolvemeliorateravelriddlesleuthunpuzzleunravelunriddleunsolveupsolve ↔ Opposites confusemissolve Word family Forms solvedsolvessolving Derived forms backsolvemissolvepresolveproblem-solvere-solvesolvablesolvibleunsolveupsolve Related forms absolvedissolveresolvesolublesolutesolutionsolvent Common collocations solve a crime Verb + noun solve a problem Verb + noun solve a case Verb + noun Etymology From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō. *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European solven Middle English solvō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Communication External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # solve **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /sɑlv/ **IPA (UK):** /sɒlv/ **Frequency rank:** 2291 ## Meanings 1. To find the answer to a problem or question. 2. To find out who committed a crime and how. ## Examples - Did you solve the problem? - The detective finally solved the murder after months of work. ## Synonyms - absolve - decipher - meliorate - ravel - resolve - riddle - sleuth - unpuzzle - unravel - unriddle - unsolve - upsolve ## Antonyms - confuse - missolve ## Derived Forms - backsolve - missolve - presolve - problem-solve - re-solve - solvable - solvible - unsolve - upsolve ## Related Forms - absolve - dissolve - resolve - soluble - solute - solution - solvent ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *lewh₁- - Root: solven - Root: solvō ## Etymology From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō. ## Topics - Communication markdown