solutionnoun
uk/səˈluː.ʃən/us/səˈluː.ʃən/solution noun (ANSWER)
B1 [ C ] the answer to a problem:
There's no easy solution to this problem.
She just seems so unhappy and I don't know what the solution is.
When you finish doing the crossword, the solution is on the back page.
They help you talk through your problems but they don't give you any solutions.
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Solving and solutions
- answer
- antidote
- band-aid solution
- be at the bottom of sth idiom
- clear (sth) up
- clue
- conquer
- conquerable
- fall
- figure
- iron sth out
- kill or cure idiom
- lateral thinking
- magic wand
- modus vivendi
- result
- round
- talk sth out
- work through sth
- workaround
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solution noun (LIQUID)
[ C or U ] specialized chemistry a liquid into which a solid has been mixed and has dissolved:
an aqueous solution of salts
copper sulphate in solution (= dissolved in water)
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Physics: the state of matter
- absorbency
- acid
- acidic
- filtrate
- granulated
- gritty
- heavy water
- limy
- molten
- neutral
- non-flammable
- permeability
- plasma
- powder
- powdered
- pressurized
- runny
- slurry
- sulphur
- thin
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Mixing and mixtures