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
- verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
- verb To acknowledge something as true or as a fact, even if reluctantly.
- verb To approve of and include someone, such as in a group or institution.
adopt — full definition
- verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
- verb To take a pet or cause under your care, or to start using an idea, method, or practice.