hakea — meaning in English
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English meaning
- apply verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
- call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- fetch verb To go and get something, then bring it back.
- file noun A collection of related documents or data stored together, whether on paper or on a computer.
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- google verb To search for information about something online, especially using the Google search engine.
- peek verb To look quickly or slyly, often through a small gap or without being noticed.
- petition noun A formal written request, often signed by many people, asking an authority to act on something.
- seek verb To try to find something.
Senses
hakea is used for these senses in English:
- apply (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
- call (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
- file (intransitive, with for, chiefly, _, legal) To submit a formal request to some office.
- get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- go for (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
- go for (transitive) To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
- google (by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
- look around To search a place.
apply — full definition
- verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
- verb To put something into use for a particular purpose.
- verb To be relevant or have an effect on a particular case.
call — full definition
- verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
- verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
- verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
- verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
- noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.