Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

move the problem en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To solve a problem in a way that creates another problem, often of equal nature and severity.
    • The manager didn't trust the cashier with money, so she assigned a second cashier to watch the first one. But she didn't trust the second one either – she was basically just moving the problem.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
moves the problem Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
moving the problem Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
moved the problem Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
moved the problem Tense=Past lexicographic