"solver" meaning in English

See solver in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: solvers [plural]
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  1. One who or that which solves. Synonyms: resolver, solvent, problemsolver Hypernyms: winner Derived forms: eigensolver, problem-solver, speedsolver Translations (one who solves): حَالّ (ḥāll) [masculine] (Arabic), حَلَّال (ḥallāl) [masculine] (Arabic), résolveur [masculine] (French), सोडवणारा (soḍavṇārā) [masculine] (Marathi), सोडवणारी (soḍavṇārī) [feminine] (Marathi), solucionador [masculine] (Spanish)

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          "text": "The first successful solver of the puzzle will win a prize.",
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      "glosses": [
        "One who or that which solves."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "winner"
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "solve",
          "solve"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "resolver"
        },
        {
          "word": "solvent"
        },
        {
          "word": "problemsolver"
        }
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ḥāll",
      "sense": "one who solves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَالّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ḥallāl",
      "sense": "one who solves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَلَّال"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "one who solves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "résolveur"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "roman": "soḍavṇārā",
      "sense": "one who solves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सोडवणारा"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "roman": "soḍavṇārī",
      "sense": "one who solves",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सोडवणारी"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "one who solves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solucionador"
    }
  ],
  "word": "solver"
}

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