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kausi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  • patch noun A piece of material used to mend or cover a hole or damaged area.
  • period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
  • season noun One of the four main divisions of the year — spring, summer, autumn, or winter — marked by particular weather patterns.
  • stint noun A period of time spent doing a particular job or activity.
  • term noun A word or expression, especially one with a specific meaning in a particular field.

Senses

kausi is used for these senses in English:

  • age (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
  • age (countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
  • patch A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
  • period A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. [from 19th c.]
  • period (geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
  • season (North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
  • stint A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.
  • term Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.

age — full definition

  1. noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  2. noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
  3. noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
  4. verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.

patch — full definition

  1. noun A piece of material used to mend or cover a hole or damaged area.
  2. noun A small area distinct from its surroundings.
  3. noun In computing, a piece of code released to fix or update software.
  4. verb To mend or cover something with a patch.
  5. verb To fix or update software.

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