solvable

[ sol-vuh-buh l ]

/ ˈsɒl və bəl /

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adjective

capable 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 solvable

First recorded in 1640–50; solve + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM solvable

solv·a·bil·i·ty, solv·a·ble·ness, noun non·solv·a·bil·i·ty, noun non·solv·a·ble, adjective non·solv·a·ble·ness, noun

un·solv·a·ble, adjective un·solv·a·ble·ness, noun un·solv·a·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH solvable

insoluble insolvable unsolvable solvable soluble

Words nearby solvable

solution of contiguity, solution of continuity, solution set, solutizer, solutrean, solvable, solvate, solvation, solvay, solvay process, solve

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Africa was supposedly a land of disasters, unsolvable poverty, or, worst of all, irrelevant to Americans.

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Koskinen is just the latest target for GOP venting over the emails and what the agency insists was an unsolvable IT problem.

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Children today seem like an unsolvable problem—an evil trick played on adults by nature itself.

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Not everything gets wrapped up with a pretty bow; some mysteries are unsolvable, some victims inconsolable.

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Neither is unsolvable, but neither has yet endured the full public discussion that it might in a more noticeable war.

What’s Wrong With Awlaki’s Killing |Stephen L. Carter |September 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Abowian, as yet inexperienced in Russian ways, regarded the riddle as unsolvable.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849 |Various
What Kant gave up as an unsolvable problem, can be seen to be only a natural process.

Outlines of Educational Doctrine |John Frederick Herbart
It was all an unsolvable problem, with bad temper and suspicion on both sides.

The Last American Frontier |Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously.

United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches |Various
They had been plunging deep into the solving of unsolvable problems, and she turned her burning old eyes on him as she answered.

In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim |Frances Hodgson Burnett

British Dictionary definitions for unsolvable

solvable

/ (ˈsɒlvəbəl) /

adjective

another word for soluble (def. 1)

Derived forms of solvable

solvability or solvableness, noun

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