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alistua — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acquiesce verb To accept something quietly, without objecting, often after being unhappy about it at first.
  • submit verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.
  • subscribe verb To sign up to regularly receive a publication or service, often for a fee.

Senses

alistua is used for these senses in English:

  • acquiesce (intransitive, with in or to (or sometimes with)) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object.
  • acquiesce (intransitive) To concur upon conviction; to accept tacitly; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
  • cave in (figurative) To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will.
  • submit (intransitive) To yield or give way to another.
  • subscribe (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.

acquiesce — full definition

  1. verb To accept something quietly, without objecting, often after being unhappy about it at first.
  2. verb To agree to something reluctantly, going along with it rather than actively opposing it.

submit — full definition

  1. verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.
  2. verb To give in or yield to another's authority or wishes.
  3. verb To win a fight in combat sports by forcing an opponent to concede.
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