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antaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • administer verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
  • afford verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
  • assess verb To judge or estimate the value, quality, or extent of something.
  • assign verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  • confer verb To talk something over with others; to discuss and seek advice.
  • dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  • endow verb To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
  • give verb To hand over or transfer something to someone.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • hand noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • let verb To allow someone or something to do a particular thing, or to happen without stopping it.
  • pay verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.
  • pull verb To apply force to something so it moves toward you.
  • render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.

Senses

antaa is used for these senses in English:

  • administer (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
  • afford To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
  • assess (transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
  • assign (transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
  • confer (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
  • confer (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]
  • dispense To supply or make up a medicine or prescription.
  • endow (transitive, followed by, _, with, or rarely by, _, of) To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.

administer — full definition

  1. verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
  2. verb To give someone a drug, treatment, or dose.

afford — full definition

  1. verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
  2. verb To be able to do something without unacceptable risk or consequence.

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