ikävöidä — meaning in English

English meaning

• long adjective Measuring a great distance from end to end.
• miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
• pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.

Senses

ikävöidä is used for these senses in English:

• hark back (figuratively) To allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event). [from 19th c.]
• long (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true).
• miss (transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
• pine (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
• pine (transitive) To grieve or mourn for.

long — full definition

1. adjective Measuring a great distance from end to end.
2. adjective Lasting for a great amount of time.
3. verb To feel a strong desire or yearning for something.
4. verb (finance) To hold or buy an asset expecting its price to rise.
5. adverb For a great amount of time.

miss — full definition

1. verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
2. verb To fail to be present for or arrive in time for something, such as a train, meeting, or deadline.
3. verb To feel sad about the absence of someone or something you wish you still had.
4. verb To fail to notice, understand, or take advantage of something.
5. noun A failure to hit, achieve, or succeed at something.

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