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solve

v.

figure out, work out, reason out, think out, find out, make out, puzzle out, decipher, unravel, elucidate, interpret, explain, resolve, answer, decode, get to the bottom of, fathom, get right, hit upon a solution, work, do, settle up, clear up, untangle, unlock, determine, divine, dope out*, hit the nail on the head*, hit it*, make a dent in a problem*, put two and two together*, have it*.

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Another word for solve

verb

To find a solution for:
clear up, decipher, explain, resolve, unravel. (Informal) dope out, figure out. Idiom: get to the bottom of. See ask, reason
To arrive at an answer to (a mathematical problem):
work, work out. (Informal) figure out. See reason