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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Solve \Solve\ (s[o^]lv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solved
     (s[o^]lvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Solving.] [L. solvere, solutum;
     from a prefix so- expressing separation (cf. Sober) + luere
     to loosen; cf. OF. soldre, soudre. See Loose, and cf.
     Absolve.]
     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; as, to solve a doubt; to solve
     difficulties; to solve a problem.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
                                                    --South.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. --Tickell.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Solve \Solve\ (s[o^]lv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solved
     (s[o^]lvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Solving.] [L. solvere, solutum;
     from a prefix so- expressing separation (cf. Sober) + luere
     to loosen; cf. OF. soldre, soudre. See Loose, and cf.
     Absolve.]
     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; as, to solve a doubt; to solve
     difficulties; to solve a problem.
  
           True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
                                                    --South.
  
           God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. --Tickell.
  
     Syn: To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  solving
       n : finding a solution to a problem [syn: resolution]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  solving
     vb.
     (present participle of en solve nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  solving
     vb.
     (present participle of en solve nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  solving
     vb.
     (present participle of en solve nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  solving
     vb.
     (present participle of en solve nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  solving
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s olv ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  solving
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en solve ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Solving /sˈɒlvɪŋ/
  الحلّ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  solving /sˈɒlvɪŋ/ 
  řešící

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  solving /sˈɒlvɪŋ/
  Aufklärung , Klärung 
           Note: einer Straftat
        "the solving of a burglary series"  - die Klärung einer Einbruchsserie
     Synonym: clearing up
  
   see: be trying to solve (clear up) a crime
  
           Note: of a crime

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  solving /sˈɒlvɪŋ/
  aufklärend, klärend, aufdeckend, enträtselnd, entschlüsselnd
     Synonym: unraveling
  
   see: solve sth., unravel sth., solved, unraveled, solves, unravels, solved, unraveled, solve/unravel the case, unravel the cause of death, unravel the secrets of genetics
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  solving /sˈɒlvɪŋ/
  lösend, auflösend
   see: solve, solved, solves, solved
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  solving /sˈɒlvɪŋ/
  rješavanja, rješavanje, rješavanju

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  solving /sˈɒlvɪŋ/
  megoldás

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsɑɫvɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "solving":
     accomplishment, answer, ascertainment, clearing up, cracking,
     decipherment, decoding, denouement, determination, disentanglement,
     end, end result, explanation, finding, finding-out, interpretation,
     issue, outcome, reason, resolution, resolving, result, riddling,
     solution, sorting out, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling,
     unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, working,
     working-out
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  vbl. 解决;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vbl. 解决

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