solve

solve
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. explain, interpret; answer; resolve, clear up; decipher, decode. See disclosure.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. figure out, work out, reason out, think out, find out, make out, puzzle out, decipher, unravel, elucidate, interpret, explain, resolve, answer, decode, get to the bottom of, fathom, get right, hit upon a solution, work, do, settle up, clear up, untangle, unlock, determine, divine, dope out*, hit the nail on the head*, hit it*, make a dent in a problem*, put two and two together*, have it*.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
answer, explain, clear up, figure out, work out, clarify, uncover, crack, fathom, resolve, decode, decipher, *put the pieces together, *put two and two together, unlock, *get to the bottom of, unravel.
ANT.: mystify, confuse, complicate
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To find a solution for: clear up, decipher, explain, resolve, unravel. Informal: dope out, figure out. Idiom: get to the bottom of. See ASK, REASON. 2. To arrive at an answer to (a mathematical problem): work, work out. Informal: figure out. See REASON.

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