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toets — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • button noun A small disc sewn onto clothing and pushed through a hole to fasten it.
  • examination noun A formal test of knowledge or ability, often written or oral and done under time pressure.
  • key noun A shaped piece of metal used to open or lock a particular lock.

Senses

toets is used for these senses in English:

  • button A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
  • examination (education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.
  • fingerboard (music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
  • key (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
  • key In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
  • key (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

button — full definition

  1. noun A small disc sewn onto clothing and pushed through a hole to fasten it.
  2. noun A small device pressed with a finger to operate a machine, switch, or on-screen control.
  3. noun A small pin-on badge worn on clothing.
  4. verb To fasten with buttons.

examination — full definition

  1. noun A formal test of knowledge or ability, often written or oral and done under time pressure.
  2. noun A check by a doctor or other professional to assess health or condition.
  3. noun Close questioning, especially by a lawyer in court.

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