solve
A2Frequent NGSL-2UK /sɒlv/US /sɑːlv/
Meaning
verb
to find a way of dealing with a problem or difficult situation
“Attempts are being made to solve the problem of waste disposal.”
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“Humanity will solve sustainable energy.”
📺 Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Learn this word in the video →
“solve um but we we we we we”
📺 Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureLearn this word in the video →
“still believes that the human capacity to solve problems is boundless but so it seems is our potential to create them that's what I'm interested in talking about today because if I've”
📺 2019 Stanford Commencement address by Tim CookLearn this word in the video →
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