Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who solves, in any sense of the verb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, solves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
solves .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution
Etymologies
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The puzzle-solver is a short-tempered Italian director whose masterplan was known only to his wife.
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The world's fastest Rubik's solver is Dutch teenager Eric Akkersdijk, who completed the puzzle in just 7.08 seconds.
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GEMINI May 21-June 21 You are a fast problem-solver, which is why people come to you when they don't know what steps to take next.
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The Advertiser poll suggests that the ongoing back and forth between Hanabusa and Case is -- not surprisingly -- accruing to Djou's benefit, allowing him to run as a non-partisan problem solver, which is a great message in this climate.
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"Misleading the solver is the name of the game in cryptic puzzles, and Mr. Lewis misled delightfully."
NYT > Home Page By DOUGLAS MARTIN 2010
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"Misleading the solver is the name of the game in cryptic puzzles, and Mr. Lewis misled delightfully."
NYT > Home Page By DOUGLAS MARTIN 2010
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MINION, is a new constraint solver, which is very fast and scales well as problem size increases.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Mac OS 2010
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The reason I had to enable ASP. NET compatibility is because the dictionary used by the solver is a text file stored on disk, and the solver gets the path to that text file using
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A very observant reader - and crossword solver - brought it to our attention.
RedEye 2010
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A very observant reader - and crossword solver - brought it to our attention.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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