solution en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /səˈl(j)uːʃən/
Etymology
From Middle English solucioun, from Old French solucion (French solution), from Latin solūtiōnem, accusative singular of solūtiō, from the verb solvō. Compare solve, -tion.
Meanings
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(countable, physical, uncountable) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
Meronyms: solvent, solute
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(countable, uncountable) An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model.
2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:All too often, computer technology is treated as a solution in search of a problem. In fact, it is not uncommon for people working with computers to become critical of the problem because it doesn't seem to fit the solution they have generated.
1971, O. Phillip Hicks, “The Computer: Is It the Solution or the Problem?”, in ACM: Proceedings of 1971 Annual Conference, page 362:
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(countable, uncountable) An answer to a problem.
How many beautiful creations, how many glorious dreams went with him to the tomb! but the unfulfilled destiny of genius is a mystery whose solution is not of earth.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Parting”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 322:States and empires fail when they are no longer the solution, they are the problem.
2022 February 7, Charles Hugh Smith, How Empires Die:Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Hocussing of Cigarette”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
- (countable, uncountable) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
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(UK, archaic, countable, rare, uncountable) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
It is said that there is no violation of the law of this State in the simple act of paying money in solution of a promise to do so
1879, “Conflict of Law — Promissory notes governed by law of place where made and payable”, in Albany Law Journal, volume 20:he was not obliged to repeat what he had received, in solution of a just debt
1681, Scotland. Court of Session, edited by Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee and William Maxwell Morison, The decisions of the Court of Session, published 1802, page 2927:A disposition granted on a cessio bonorum is merely in farther security to the creditors, not in satisfaction or in solution of the debts.
1827, John Erskine, The Principles of the Law of Scotland, page 508:
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(countable, uncountable) The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid.
This accounts for the very rapid vegetation in the northern latitudes, after the solution of the snows.
1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 28:
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) The crisis of a disease.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| solutions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
challenge · precipitation · problem · issue
Deriveds
Fehling's solution · Ringer's lactate solution · piranha solution · Sachs' solution · solution pan · Tyrode's solution · Monsel's solution · solution-oriented · solutionism · solution of continuity · band-aid solution · Lugol's solution · exsolution · solution looking for a problem · solulu · nontrivial solution · molar solution · two-state solution · Dakin's solution · Fowler's solution · Clerici solution · Final Solution · Knop's solution · subsolution · solion · solid solution · eigensolution · Hartmann's solution · backsolution · saline solution · ideal solution · solutionist · three-state solution · solutionization · solution pit · solutionless · final solution · Hoagland solution · firing solution · Crone's solution · Spanish solution · Beckmann solution · multisolution · Labarraque's solution · Dobell's solution · solutional · solution stack · problem-reaction-solution · trivial solution · supersolution · solution in search of a problem · Sachs's solution · nonsolution · buffer solution · Wackenroder solution · quasisolution · there is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution · pseudosolution · corner solution · Benedict's solution · model solution · banana solution · Pfeffer's solution · solutionize · Melzer's solution · cryosolution · saturated solution · Kirkwood-Buff solution theory · Carrel-Dakin solution · one-state solution · Krebs-Henseleit solution
Hypernyms
aid · problemsolver · help · resolution
Synonyms
resolution · dissolution · resolution
Translations (271)
cmn 溶液 (liquid mixture) · cmn 解 (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · el λύση (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · hi उपाय (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · bg реше́ние (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · de Lösung (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · mhr вашмут (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ko 답안 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · nb løsning (liquid mixture) · tr çözüm (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · vi lời giải (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · enm solucioun (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · wa solucion (liquid mixture) · wa dismantcha (liquid mixture) · ru реше́ние (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ky аралашма (liquid mixture) · cy toddiant (liquid mixture) · bg разтво́р (liquid mixture) · lo ນ້ຳຢາລະລາຍ (liquid mixture) · izh vassus (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · nb løsning (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · th ทางแก้ (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · cmn 解答 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ar حَلّ (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · id solusi (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · liv kȭlbantõks (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · lv šķīdums (liquid mixture) · fi ratkaisu (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · sv lösning (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · hi उपाय (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · be рашэ́ньне (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · tr solüsyon (liquid mixture) · pt solução (liquid mixture) · hi समाधान (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · tr çözelti (liquid mixture) · lo ສານລະລາຍ (liquid mixture) · ky эритинди (liquid mixture) · ar مَحْلُول (liquid mixture) · sh рјеше́ње (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · hi हल (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · it soluzione (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · be развяза́нне (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · be рашэ́нне (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · es solución (liquid mixture) · es solución (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ka გადაჭრის გზა (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · el λύση (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · zdj ndrazi (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ko 해답 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · is leysing (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ja 解答 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ro soluționare (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · cy hydoddiant (liquid mixture) · ur حَل (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · grc λύσις (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ro soluție (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ca solució (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · mi otinga (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · tl kaluswan (liquid mixture) · it pagamento (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · fa-ira چارِه (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · cy datrysiad (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · is lausn (liquid mixture) · qu paska (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · uk рі́шення (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · hy լուծում (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · hu megoldás (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · fy oplossing (liquid mixture) · es disolución (liquid mixture) · vi giải pháp (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · pt solução (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · sl raztopina (liquid mixture) · he פִּתְרוֹן (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ms jalan penyelesaian (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · sh ра́створ (liquid mixture) · ja 溶液 (liquid mixture) · it soluzione (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · cmn 方法 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ml പരിഹാരം (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ky чечүү (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ka გადაწყვეტის გზა (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ka ხსნარი (liquid mixture) · vi đáp án (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · kmr çareserî (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ja 解決 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · so xal (liquid mixture) · eo solvo (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · hi घोल (liquid mixture) · fy oplossing (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ota درمان (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · sk roztok (liquid mixture) · hi विलयन (liquid mixture) · ja 解法 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · be рашчы́на (liquid mixture) · fr solution (liquid mixture) · gd fuasgladh (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · kaa eritpe (liquid mixture) · bn দ্রবণ (liquid mixture) · sw suluhu (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · be раство́р (liquid mixture) · om furmaata (liquid mixture) · it soluzione (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · pl roztwór (liquid mixture) · ms penyelesaian (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ur مَحْلُول (liquid mixture) · id larutan (liquid mixture) · nb løsning (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ms larutan (liquid mixture) · sk riešenie (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ka გამოსავალი (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · lt sprendimas (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · cmn 解決 /解决 (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ml ലായനി (liquid mixture) · ca solució (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ro rezultat (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · wa rexhowe (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · hi समाधान (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · nb løysing (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · mi whakaotinga (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · cs řešení (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · kmr hel (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · kk шығару (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · tg ҳал (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ota چاره (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · bg реше́ние (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · te ద్రావణం (liquid mixture) · lv atrisinājums (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · da løsning (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · mi wairewa (liquid mixture) · wa solucion (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · udm сылмет (liquid mixture) · ha amsa (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · hy լուծում (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · liv arāndõks (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ko 해 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · el λύση (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · uz eritma (liquid mixture) · ja 答案 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ml പോംവഴി (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · th ทางออก (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · enm solucioun (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · sk riešenie (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ca solució (liquid mixture) · ro rezolvare (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · de Lösung (liquid mixture) · sh rešénje (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · th สารละลาย (liquid mixture) · kmr çare (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · he תְּמִסָּה \ תמיסה (liquid mixture) · cy datrysiad (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ru разреше́ние (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · cs řešení (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · wa devudindje (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · kk шешім (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · sh rješénje (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · te ద్రావణం (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · km សូលុយស្យុង (liquid mixture) · bn সমাধান (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · tg чора (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · da løsning (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · fa-ira راهِ حَل (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · sv lösning (liquid mixture) · nb løysing (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · sh реше́ње (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · is útkoma (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · sv lösning (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · sq tretësirë (liquid mixture) · sh rješénje (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · hu oldat (liquid mixture) · hu megoldás (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · mk решение (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ko 해결 (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · mn уусмал (liquid mixture) · el διάλυμα (liquid mixture) · enm solucioun (liquid mixture) · wa rexhowe (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ka გადაჭრა (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · gl liquidación (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · fi liuos (liquid mixture) · ru реше́ние (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · kk шешу (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · fa-ira راهِ حَل (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · lv risinājums (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · nl oplossing (liquid mixture) · ro rezolvare (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · kmr gîrawe (liquid mixture) · fy oplossing (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ar حَلّ (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · tr çözüm (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · uk розв'яза́ння (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · nl oplossing (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · tg роҳи ҳал (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · sl rešitev (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ro soluție (liquid mixture) · et lahus (liquid mixture) · mi mehanga (liquid mixture) · ka ამოხსნა (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · be развя́зак (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · liv kȭlbantimi (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · pt solução (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · tr çare (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · tg роҳи ҳал (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ml ഉപായം (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · th ผลเฉลย (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · io solvo (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · gl solución (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · tl kalutasan (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · mk решение (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · uk ро́зчин (liquid mixture) · pl rozwiązanie (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · cs roztok (liquid mixture) · fa-ira مَحْلول (liquid mixture) · sl rešitev (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ka გადაწყვეტა (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · grc λύσις (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · lt tirpalas (liquid mixture) · hy լուծույթ (liquid mixture) · te పరిష్కారం (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · pt liquidação (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · tg маҳлул (liquid mixture) · sw suluhu (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · it risoluzione (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · mn шийдэл (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ky чыгаруу (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · mk раствор (liquid mixture) · rsk розпущенїна (liquid mixture) · pl rozwiązanie (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · gl solución (liquid mixture) · nn løysing (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ko 용액 (liquid mixture) · de Lösung (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · sh рјеше́ње (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ky эритме (liquid mixture) · la solutio (liquid mixture) · et lahendus (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · lt sprendimas (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ru раство́р (liquid mixture) · az həll (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · nn løysing (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · ga fuascailt (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · sw suluhu (liquid mixture) · be рашэ́нне (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · pt pagamento (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · sh rešénje (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · it soluzione (liquid mixture) · az məhlul (liquid mixture) · fa-ira حَل (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · id solusi (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · fi ratkaisu (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · km ដំណោះស្រាយ (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · ja 解決 (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · sh rástvor (liquid mixture) · be ро́шчын (liquid mixture) · sh реше́ње (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · tr eriyik (liquid mixture) · sq zgjidhje (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · vi dung dịch (liquid mixture) · da løsning (liquid mixture) · es solución (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · th การชำระหนี้ (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · fr solution (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · fi hyvitys (satisfaction of a claim or debt) · cy ateb (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · az çarə (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · et lahendus (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · fr solution (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · az çözüm (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) · kk ерітінді (liquid mixture) · gl solución (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · cmn 答案 (answer to a problem (mathematics)) · kmr havil (answer to a problem (mathematics))