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opgave — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abandonment noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
  • task noun A specific piece of work that needs to be done.

Senses

opgave is used for these senses in English:

  • abandonment (legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. [Early 19th century.]
  • task A difficult or tedious undertaking.

abandonment — full definition

  1. noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
  2. noun In law, the formal giving up of a right, claim, or piece of property.

task — full definition

  1. noun A specific piece of work that needs to be done.
  2. noun (computing) A unit of work or a running instance of a program that a computer executes.
  3. verb To assign someone a piece of work or responsibility.

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