Solution | Mean of solution in English Dictionary

/səˈluːʃən/

• Noun
• something that is used or done to deal with and end a problem
1. Medication may not be the best solution for the patient's condition.
2. The solution is simple/obvious: you need to spend less money.
3. There is no simple solution to the country's drug problem.
4. She suggested a number of creative solutions to the housing crisis.
• the act of solving something
1. a problem that has so far resisted solution [=a problem that no one has been able to solve]
• a correct answer to a problem, puzzle, etc.
1. The solutions to the math problems are in the back of the book.
2. I can't figure out the solution to this puzzle.

• an explanation for something that is difficult to understand (such as a mystery)
1. The police haven't yet found a solution to this crime/mystery.
• a liquid in which something has been dissolved
1. She made a solution of baking soda and water.
2. a 40 percent saline solution
3. He rinsed the contact lens with saline solution.
• the act or process of dissolving a solid, liquid, or gas in a liquid
1. the solution of sucrose in water