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hyväksyä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accept verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
  • acknowledge verb To accept or admit that something is true.
  • admit verb To allow someone or something to enter.
  • adopt verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
  • agree verb To share the same opinion as someone else.
  • allow verb To give permission for something to happen.
  • approve verb To officially agree to or accept something as satisfactory.
  • condone verb To accept or overlook behavior that is generally considered wrong.
  • consent verb To agree to something or give permission for it.
  • endorse verb To publicly declare support or approval for a person, product, or idea.
  • OK adj All right; acceptable, permitted, or satisfactory.
  • sanction noun Official approval or permission for an action.
  • stipulate verb To state clearly as a required condition of an agreement or contract.
  • suffer verb To experience pain, hardship, or distress.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

hyväksyä is used for these senses in English:

  • OK (transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.
  • OK (transitive, computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK.
  • accept (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
  • acknowledge (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
  • acknowledge (transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
  • admit (transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
  • adopt To select and take or approve.
  • agree (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.

accept — full definition

  1. verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
  2. verb To acknowledge something as true or as a fact, even if reluctantly.
  3. verb To approve of and include someone, such as in a group or institution.

acknowledge — full definition

  1. verb To accept or admit that something is true.
  2. verb To recognize someone or something formally, or to respond confirming receipt of something.
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