toegeven — meaning in English
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English meaning
- admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
- budge verb To move even slightly, especially from a fixed position.
- concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- grant verb To give someone permission, a right, or something they have asked for.
- humour noun (UK) The quality of being funny, or the ability to find things funny.
- indulge verb To allow oneself to enjoy something desired, often without restraint.
- submit verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.
Senses
toegeven is used for these senses in English:
- admit (transitive, or, intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
- allow (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- budge To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
- concede To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- concede To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- grant (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
- indulge To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.
- put out (intransitive, originally, _, US, _, slang) To consent to having sex.
admit — full definition
- verb To allow someone or something to enter.
- verb To acknowledge, often reluctantly, that something is true.
allow — full definition
- verb To give permission for something to happen.
- verb To make something possible.
- verb To set aside time, money, or another resource for something.
- verb To admit or acknowledge something as true, often reluctantly.