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aannemen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accept verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
  • adopt verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
  • assume verb To accept something as true without proof.
  • consider verb To think carefully about something before making a decision.
  • credence noun Acceptance of something as true or trustworthy, usually because there is evidence for it.
  • espouse verb To adopt a belief, cause or way of life and openly support it.
  • presume verb To accept something as true or likely without direct proof.
  • presupposition noun An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
  • suppose verb To assume or believe something without full proof.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

aannemen is used for these senses in English:

  • accept (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
  • adopt To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
  • assume To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
  • assume To take on a position, duty or form
  • assume To adopt (an idea or cause)
  • consider (transitive) To take up as an example.
  • credence (obsolete) To give credence to; to believe.
  • espouse (transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

accept — full definition

  1. verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
  2. verb To acknowledge something as true or as a fact, even if reluctantly.
  3. verb To approve of and include someone, such as in a group or institution.

adopt — full definition

  1. verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
  2. verb To take a pet or cause under your care, or to start using an idea, method, or practice.

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