solved

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of solve.

   The detective solved the case after months of patient work.

   Once the equation was solved, the rest of the proof fell into place.

   Note

   A regular form, so one spelling covers both the simple past (she solved it) and the participle used with have and be (it has been solved). It carries every sense of solve, including the algebra teacher's solved for x. In older writing it can mean dissolved, an archaic use worth recognizing. Placed before a noun, as in a solved case, it shades into the adjective.

2. 2
   adjective

   Having a found solution; having been explained or answered, and so no longer an open question.

   Detectives marked the case solved after the confession came in.

   A fully solved equation leaves no variable undefined.

   Similarresolved, settled, answered, closed, cracked

   Oppositeunsolved, unresolved, open

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