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eritellä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • analyze verb To examine something carefully, breaking it into parts to understand it better.
  • dissect verb To cut open a body, plant, or organism to examine its internal structure.
  • specialize verb To focus one's study, work, or business on a particular area rather than a broad range.
  • specify verb To state something precisely or in detail.

Senses

eritellä is used for these senses in English:

  • analyze (transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
  • break down (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
  • dissect (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
  • specialize (rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.
  • specify (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.

dissect — full definition

  1. verb To cut open a body, plant, or organism to examine its internal structure.
  2. verb To examine something in minute detail, piece by piece.

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