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[ sol-vuh-buhl ] / ˈsɒl və bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR solvable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecapable of being solved, as a problem. Mathematics. (of a group) having a normal series of subgroups in which successive quotient groups are Abelian. Archaic. soluble (def. 1). Origin of solvableFirst recorded in 1640–50; solve + -able OTHER WORDS FROM solvablesolv·a·bil·i·ty, solv·a·ble·ness, nounnon·solv·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·solv·a·ble, adjectivenon·solv·a·ble·ness, noun un·solv·a·ble, adjectiveun·solv·a·ble·ness, nounun·solv·a·bly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH solvable1. insoluble, insolvable, unsolvable 2. solvable , solubleWords nearby solvablesolution of contiguity, solution of continuity, solution set, solutizer, Solutrean, solvable, solvate, solvation, Solvay, Solvay process, solve Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for solvableThat should be a solvable problem, former Yahoo employees told The Daily Beast. Current, Former Yahoo Employees Question the Ban on Working From Home|Winston Ross|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST The good news is, this is an urgent but solvable problem, because almost all of these deaths are preventable. Christy Turlington Burns: Why You Should Stay Mum This Mother’s Day|Christy Turlington Burns|May 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST The good news is this problem is solvable and we know where to focus our efforts. The Real Cost of High-School Dropouts|Alma J. Powell|May 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST Some of them are shown to be solvable by recently developed spiritual laws, while others are proven to be founded wholly in error. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors|Kersey Graves
The whole question seems to me to lie in the proverbial nutshell, and to be solvable by the proverbial common sense. Dog Stories from the "Spectator"|Various Coleridge's unshaken conviction that it was solvable, inspired many with courage. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century|Various Green means the problem is solvable within the conditions set down. Death Wish|Robert Sheckley This problem also is solvable in the simplest manner by the free mobility of labour involved in the principle of free association.
British Dictionary definitions for solvable
adjectiveanother word for soluble (def. 1) Derived forms of solvablesolvability or solvableness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to solvablesolvent, dissoluble, dissolvable, discernible, reasonable, understandable, decipherable |