Collocations for "solve"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "solve" in context.
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solve
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- solve [a problem, the riddle, the issue, a puzzle]
- solve the [mystery, murder]
- solves the problem of [how, where, when, who, what]
- solve a [wide, vast] variety of problems
- solve the problems of the [world, nation]
- solve [environmental, hunger] problems
- will solve all your problems
- solve one [thing, problem] at a time
- solve an equation
- do not know how to solve it
- could not solve it
- solved by [adding, calculating, asking, using, doing]
- solved through [negotiations, dialogue]
- solved [quickly, peacefully, respectfully]
- solved by [officers, detectives, investigators]
- the [case, crime, mystery] was solved [by, using]
'solve' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):