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ondergaan — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  • accept verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
  • bear noun A large, heavily built mammal with thick fur, found across much of the world, ranging from mostly plant-eating to fully carnivorous species.
  • experience noun Knowledge or skill gained by doing something over time.
  • set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
  • taste noun The sensation produced when food or drink is detected by the tongue, or the ability to perceive it.
  • undergo verb To experience or go through something, especially a difficult or significant process.

Senses

ondergaan is used for these senses in English:

  • abide (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]
  • accept (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
  • bear (transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
  • experience (transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.
  • set (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
  • taste (transitive, figurative) To experience.

abide — full definition

  1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
  3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

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.

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