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delen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deal noun An agreement or arrangement between parties, especially a business one.
  • divide verb To split something into two or more parts.
  • division noun The act of splitting something into separate parts, or one of those resulting parts.
  • impart verb To pass on knowledge, advice, or a quality to someone.
  • share noun A portion of something that is divided among people.

Senses

delen is used for these senses in English:

  • deal (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
  • divide (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
  • division (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones.
  • impart (transitive) To give a part or to share.

deal — full definition

  1. noun An agreement or arrangement between parties, especially a business one.
  2. verb To take action regarding something, or handle a situation.
  3. verb To trade or do business, especially buying and selling.
  4. verb To give out playing cards to players in a game.
  5. noun An indefinite but large amount (usually as "a great deal" or "a good deal").

divide — full definition

  1. verb To split something into two or more parts.
  2. verb In mathematics, to work out how many times one number goes into another.
  3. verb To cause disagreement or split opinion among a group of people.
  4. noun A significant difference or gap separating two groups or things.

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