solution
English
/səˈl(j)uːʃən/
noun
Definitions
- A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
- An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
- The answer to a problem.
- (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
- (legal) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
- The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid; dissolution.
- (medicine) The crisis of a disease.
Etymology
Derived from Old French solucion derived from Latin solūtiōnem root from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (wash, bathe, cut off, separate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewh₃-
Gloss
wash, bathe, cut off, separate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablute English
- antediluvian English
- back English
- backsolution English
- cryosolution English
- dissoluble English
- eigensolution English
- eluent English
- elution English
- exolve English
- exsolution English
- latrine English
- multisolution English
- nonsolution English
- pseudosolution English
- quasisolution English
- resolute English
- solutional English
- solutionally English
- solutionism English
- solutionist English
- solutionize English
- solutionless English
- solutionlessness English
- solve English
- subsolution English
- supersolution English
- abluo Latin
- abluēns Latin
- ablūtiō Latin
- absolvere Latin
- absolvo Latin
- absolūtiōnem Latin
- alluvio Latin
- diluo Latin
- diluvium Latin
- dissolutus Latin
- dissolvere, dissolvo Latin
- dissolvo Latin
- dissolvēns Latin
- dissolūtiō Latin
- dīluvium Latin
- dīlūtus Latin
- eluo Latin
- exsolvo Latin
- latrina Latin
- lavabrum Latin
- lavandaria Latin
- lavāre Latin
- lavō Latin
- lomentum Latin
- lora Latin
- luo Latin
- lūstrum Latin
- persolvo Latin
- resolvo Latin
- resolvō Latin
- resolūtiō Latin
- solutio Latin
- solutionem Latin
- solutus Latin
- solvo Latin
- solūtiōnem Latin
- ēlūtus Latin
- solution French
- solutionner French
- solutionniste French
- λούω Ancient Greek
- λύθρον Ancient Greek
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *léwh₃eti Proto-Indo-European
- *léwh₃trom, *lówh₃trom Proto-Indo-European
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *laugō Proto-Germanic
- lýja Old Norse
- absolu Old French
- solucion Old French
- solució Catalan, Valencian
- solusyon Cebuano
- լոգանամ Old Armenian
- *lowentenā Proto-Celtic
- *lawaō Proto-Italic
- *lau- Proto-Albanian
- lavâse Ligurian
- back
- solve
- eluent
- ablute
- exolve
- latrine
- elution
- resolute
- dissoluble
- exsolution
- solutional
- solutionism
- nonsolution
- solutionist
- solutionize
- subsolution
- solutionless
- antediluvian
- solutionally
- backsolution
- cryosolution
- eigensolution
- supersolution
- multisolution
- quasisolution
- pseudosolution
- solutionlessness