FAO All Spelling & Grammar Pendants

[SimonMac]

Is "solutioning" a valid word

For example

"....has identified resources for some solutioning activities also"

In respect to creating architectural solutions

[VectraMan]

That usage is using the present participle of a verb as an adjective, but "solution" is only a noun, not a verb. So no.

[Ticktock]

Is "solutioning" a valid word

For example



In respect to creating architectural solutions

There is no verb form of solution, so no, it is not valid.

[NotAllThere]

To solution - to find solutions to a problem

I solution
You solution
He/she/it solutions
We solution
They solution
I solutioned...
I have solutioned...
I had solutioned...
I will solution...
I will have solutioned...
If I were to solution...

I can't think of just a single word that encompasses the meaning. So it's workable as a neologism.

[Ticktock]

I can't think of just a single word that encompasses the meaning. So it's workable as a neologism.

I can't think of a single word that encompasses the meaning of "I drove him there in a car". If I start saying "I carred him" people may object to that also. In your list, what is wrong with the verb "to solve"? Because it doesn't explicitly reference "to a problem"?

I recognise that "solutions" have a slightly different meaning to simply "answers to problems", but I would go with "to build/provide solutions" instead.

Part of business communication should surely be clarity?

[Scruff]

"Pedants" FFS ...........

[OwlHoot]

Is "solutioning" a valid word

For example

In respect to creating architectural solutions

It might be a valid word for a chemist with an aversion to the word "dissolving". But that's about it.

[Batcher]

"Pedants" FFS ...........

I asked in H. Samuels but they didn't have any grammar pendants

[tractor]

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"Pedants" FFS ...........

Shirley, you do irony don't you?

And the proper term is 'solutionisationaling'

[NotAllThere]

...what is wrong with the verb "to solve"? Because it doesn't explicitly reference "to a problem"?...

Solving a problem is not the same as finding various solutions to a problem. The meaning seems quite clear to me. There's plenty of other words that are nouns and verbs. Partition/making a partition/partitioning. Condition/improving condition/conditioning. Mention/making a mention/mentioning. So why not Solution/finding a solution/solutioning?

New words are coined all the time. Some gain currency and become part of the language. Some don't. Why get worked up about it?

I like the adjective "performant" meaning "high performing" or "performing well". It's part of German, but not officially (yet) part of English - but it's useful and people, even non-German speakers, understand it.