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.
   • (Can we date this quote by South かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     True piety would effectually solve such scruples.

   • (Can we date this quote by Tickell かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     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 まれに, chiefly law enforcement) A solution; an explanation.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 69”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. Neuer before Imprinted, 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.

   • 2014 February 4, The Party, Gil Ozeri and Gabe Liedman (writers), Michael Engler (director), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 16:

     KEVIN: I decided a long time ago that just because I love Raymond, doesn't mean I have to love the people he works with. Good solve, Detective.

   • 2017, Elodia Strain, The Dating Experiment (→ISBN):

     “Hey, Mr. Quilt Bandit.”

     Ian smiled. “Nice solve, Nancy Drew.”

アナグラム

• loves, slove, voles, voëls

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsol.we/, [ˈsɔɫ̪.wɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsol.ve/, [ˈsɔl.vɛ]

動詞

solve

1. second-person singular present active imperative of solvō

参照

• solve in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)