definitive solution

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meaningsofdefinitiveandsolution

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definitive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfɪn.ɪ.tɪv/us
/dɪˈfɪn.ə.t̬ɪv/
not able to be changed ...
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solution
noun
uk
/səˈluː.ʃən/us
/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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(Definition ofdefinitiveandsolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Other experimental approaches have also failed to produce adefinitivesolution.
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We hope readers will trace out their own routes through the maze of alternatives sketched here, in search of adefinitivesolution.
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None of these problems has found adefinitivesolution, but something has changed in the last fifteen years.
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The final impression of the book is that it is a stage in the author's continuing wrestling with the problem of evil rather than herdefinitivesolution.
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There will be nodefinitivesolutionwithout a solution also to this issue of the settlements.
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The issue is a very complex one; it presents various types of problem, and finding an appropriate,definitivesolutionto it will take time.
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I am not wedded to new clause 11 as thedefinitivesolutionto all our problems.
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The compromise which has been reached does not mean adefinitivesolutionfor small retailers.
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Although these are difficult times for that roadmap, it must continue to be the reference point for seeking adefinitivesolutionto the process.
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We know that adefinitivesolutionmust be in place for the parliament to be elected in 2009, which will, after all, last until 2014.
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We were not seeking to put forward adefinitivesolution; we were seeking merely to suggest a possibility.
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Secondly, arrangements are needed for the administration of the islands pending adefinitivesolution; and the third stage is the negotiations for thatdefinitivesolution.
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The summit failed significantly to produce adefinitivesolutionto resolve the question of ratification.
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Second, respect must be ensured for the rules of international law, and adefinitivesolutionmust be found for the dispute concerning extraterritorial laws.
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The agreement that has just been reached and the unblocking of the blocked goods cannot constitute adefinitivesolutionto the problems that have emerged.
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It is disgraceful that nodefinitivesolutionhas managed to be found to this issue.
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However, we feel that this measure does not offer adefinitivesolutionto the problems at the root of this exodus.
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It is not for me to recommend adefinitivesolution.
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It is impossible to find adefinitivesolutionthat would resolve all those issues.
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We must be able to find a fair anddefinitivesolution.
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