aanstellen — meaning in English

English meaning

• hire verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
• name noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.
• swagger verb To walk or behave with a bold, confident, slightly showy manner.

Senses

aanstellen is used for these senses in English:

• attitudinize To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses.
• hire (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
• name (transitive) To designate for a role.
• show off (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism.
• swagger To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.

hire — full definition

1. verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
2. verb To pay to use something temporarily, such as a car or a venue (mainly British usage).
3. noun A person who has recently been employed, especially as part of a group of new employees.
4. noun Payment made for the temporary use of something.

name — full definition

1. noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.
2. noun A person's reputation.
3. verb To give something or someone a name.
4. verb To identify or specify something explicitly.

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