Solving and Solution

noun

• Finding a solution to a problem.
  • synonyms: resolution

verb

• Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.
  • usage: "did you solve the problem"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it"; "Did you get my meaning"; "He could not work the math problem"
  • synonyms: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
• Find the solution.
  • usage: "solve an equation"; "solve for x"
  • synonyms: resolve, solve
• Settle, as of a debt.
  • usage: "clear a debt"; "solve an old debt"
  • synonyms: clear, solve

noun

• A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution.
  • usage: "he used a solution of peroxide and water"
• A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.
  • usage: "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
  • synonyms: answer, result, resolution, solvent
• A method for solving a problem.
  • usage: "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook"
• The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation.
  • synonyms: root
• The successful action of solving a problem.
  • usage: "the solution took three hours"

• (n.) The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.
• (n.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption.
• (n.) The act of solving or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem or the result of the process.
• (n.) A crisis.
• (n.) The act of separating the parts of any body or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.
• (n.) release; deliverance; discharge.
• (n.) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble.
• (n.) The termination of a disease; resolution.