To find an answer to, explanation for, or way of dealing with (a problem, for example), To solve an equation, transitive verb_ To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion, verb_ To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out, find the solution, find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of, noun_ Solution, obsolete A solution; an explanation