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# solution

noun (a solution, solutions)

«solution» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A solution is a way to solve a problem or deal with a difficult situation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#m1)
2. The answer to a maths problem or puzzle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#m2)
3. In science, a liquid in which something has been dissolved, like salt water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in maths: "Show the steps of your solution." In science: when sugar dissolves in water it makes a solution; the solid is the solute and the liquid is the solvent. In everyday life and feelings: find a solution to an argument. Phrases: "find a solution", "the solution to".

### Examples

- We found a solution to the problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#x1)
- Check your solution to the puzzle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#x2)
- Salt water is a solution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#x3)
- When sugar dissolves in tea it makes a solution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#x4)
- Talking it over was the best solution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#x5)
- The solutions are at the back of the book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#x6)
- Recycling is part of the solution to pollution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#x7)
- But during these warlike preparations an attempt at a peaceful solution of the difficulty was not neglected. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Followed by "to": the solution to a problem. Verb: solve; in science, related verb: dissolve. A solution in science looks clear because the solid has dissolved, not disappeared.

## In Jewish tradition

Used in maths: "Show the steps of your solution." In science: when sugar dissolves in water it makes a solution; the solid is the solute and the liquid is the solvent. In everyday life and feelings: find a solution to an argument. Phrases: "find a solution", "the solution to".

### Examples

- A solution to this question will be found in the Pythagorean dualism. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/solution/#x1)
- Distribution was delayed unril this year (1922) by a supplement aiming at a solution of the Pythagorean philosophy. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/solution/#x2)
- Although the Sefer Tetzirah is exceedingly hard to understand, the solution of its many diflicalties is not impossible. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/solution/#x3)

### Note

Countable. Followed by "to": the solution to a problem. Verb: solve; in science, related verb: dissolve. A solution in science looks clear because the solid has dissolved, not disappeared.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «solution» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/solution/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«solution» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/solution.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «solution» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/solution/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«solution» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/solution.html) on Mova free.