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solve
verb as in answer, resolve
Strongest matches
clarify, clear up, deal with, decide, determine, do, explain, figure out, fix, have, iron out, settle, work out
Strong matches
break, construe, crack, decipher, decode, disentangle, divine, elucidate, enlighten, expound, fathom, get, hit, illuminate, interpret, lick, puzzle, reason, unfold, unlock, unravel, untangle, work
Weak matches
find out, get right, get to the bottom, hit upon, make a dent, make out, pan out, put two and two together, think out, unriddle
Example Sentences
“I’m callin’ it,” Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas said in a Monday note to investors, before clarifying what he means by “solved.”
“There’s never been a call he hasn’t answered, there’s never been a crisis he didn’t help solve,” Sheen said in a phone interview.
And here’s what nobody in Washington has figured out yet: The instrument that solves this problem already exists.
But many have increasingly questioned its effectiveness in solving regional issues, from air pollution caused by Indonesian forest fires to competing South China Sea claims.
"I was looking at how we solve that and started developing solutions," said the inventor, who built the prototype after leaving his engineering job eight years ago.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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