放 — meaning in English
fàng
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English meaning
- afford verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
- allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
- display verb To show something openly so it can be seen clearly.
- don noun A senior member of the teaching staff at a British university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.
- elucidate verb To make something clearer by explaining it, especially something that was confusing or only half understood.
- exonerate verb To officially clear someone of blame or wrongdoing.
- free adj Not under the control of someone else; not imprisoned or restricted.
- liberate verb To set someone or something free from confinement, control, or oppression.
- loose adj Not firmly attached, fixed, or fitting tightly.
- permit verb To allow something to happen or to give someone authorization to do it.
- recreate verb To make something happen or exist again, copying an original.
- release verb To set free or allow to leave, especially from captivity or confinement.
- rid verb To free a person, place, or thing of something unwanted, usually followed by "of."
- screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
- tuck verb To push, fold, or fit the loose edge of something neatly into place.
Senses
放 is used for these senses in English:
- add up (transitive, of a numerical amount) To take the sum of; to total.
- afford To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.
- allow (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- display (transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
- don (transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
- elucidate (figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
- exonerate (transitive, archaic) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
- free (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
afford — full definition
- verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
- verb To be able to do something without unacceptable risk or consequence.
allow — full definition
- verb To give permission for something to happen.
- verb To make something possible.
- verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
- verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.