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toewijzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appropriate adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  • assign verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  • cast verb To throw something, especially with some force or intent.
  • commit verb To carry out a crime, mistake, or wrongdoing.
  • present adj Existing or happening right now; current.

Senses

toewijzen is used for these senses in English:

  • appropriate (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
  • assign (transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
  • cast (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
  • commit (transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
  • present (transitive) To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow. [from 14th c.]

appropriate — full definition

  1. adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  2. verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.

assign — full definition

  1. verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  2. verb To transfer property, a right, or a value to someone or something else.

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