solveとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /sɒlv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɑlv/, /sɔlv/

動詞

solve (三人称単数 現在形 solves, 現在分詞 solving, 過去形および過去分詞形 solved)

1. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
   • 1698, Robert South, Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions:

     True piety would effectually solve such scruples.

   • 1649, Thomas Tickell, Thoughts occasioned by the sight of an original picture of King Charles I taken at the time of his trial

     God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.

   • 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):

     A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […].

2. (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
3. (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
4. (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.

派生語

• resolve
• solvable
• solution

関連する語

名詞

solve (複数形 solves)

1. (now rare, chiefly law enforcement) A solution; an explanation.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 69”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:

     The solve is this, that thou dost common grow.