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jiē

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English meaning

  • concentrate verb To focus one's full attention on something.
  • conflate verb To combine or mix together.
  • connect verb To join one thing to another, physically or electronically.
  • fuse noun A safety device containing a component that melts to break an electrical circuit if the current is too high.
  • gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  • hook up phrasal verb To have a casual sexual encounter with someone, usually without being in a relationship with them.
  • join verb To connect two or more things so they form a single unit.
  • seize verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
  • splice noun A join made by weaving or overlapping two ends of rope, cable, or similar material.
  • undertake verb To take on a task or responsibility and commit to completing it.
  • vintage noun The year or place a wine (or similar product) comes from, especially when it indicates quality.

Senses

接 is used for these senses in English:

  • concentrate To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
  • conflate (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
  • connect To associate; to establish a relation between.
  • elide To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
  • fuse (transitive) To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
  • gather (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
  • get hold of (transitive) To pick up or grab.
  • get up (slang, AAVE) To be excited about something; to act regarding something; to become cognizant of something.

concentrate — full definition

  1. verb To focus one's full attention on something.
  2. verb To bring together into one place, or to reduce something to a stronger, smaller form.
  3. noun A substance that has been reduced and strengthened, with excess liquid removed.

conflate — full definition

  1. verb To combine or mix together.
  2. verb To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
  3. verb To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.

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