verb
- Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.
- usage: "did you solve the problem"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it"; "Did you get my meaning"; "He could not work the math problem"
- synonyms: work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
- Find the solution.
- usage: "solve an equation"; "solve for x"
- synonyms: resolve
- Settle, as of a debt.
- usage: "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
- synonyms: clear
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