SOLVING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solving mean? 

• SOLVING (noun)
  The noun SOLVING has 1 sense:

1. finding a solution to a problem

  Familiarity information: SOLVING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLVING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Finding a solution to a problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

resolution; solving

Hypernyms ("solving" is a kind of...):

determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)

Derivation:

solve (find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of)

solve (find the solution)

 Context examples 

Researchers say they are closer to solving the mystery of how a good night’s sleep protects against heart disease.

(Study helps solve mystery of how sleep protects against heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

You have hopes of solving it?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The researchers took a two-step approach to solving this problem.

(Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds, National Institutes of Health)

Research directed toward solving a specific problem.

(Applied Research, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Judgment and problem solving.

(CDR - Judgment and Problem Solving, NCI Thesaurus)

A set of coded instructions, which a computer follows in processing data, performing an operation, or solving a logical problem, upon execution of the program.

(Computer Program, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had difficulty reasoning and solving problems.

(Did You Have Difficulty Reasoning and Solving Problems, NCI Thesaurus)

These may help a person face a situation, take action, and be flexible and persistent in solving problems.

(Coping skills, NCI Dictionary)

Children with two obese parents were nearly three times more likely to fail the test’s problem solving section by age 3.

(Parental obesity linked to delays in child development, National Institutes of Health)

A defined procedure for solving a problem.

(Algorithm, NCI Thesaurus)