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kehittää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • concoct verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
  • develop verb To grow or change gradually into a more advanced state.
  • evolve verb Of living things or species, to develop and change gradually over many generations.
  • generate verb To produce or create something, especially as an effect or output.
  • Polish verb To rub a surface until it is smooth and shiny.
  • refine verb To remove impurities from a raw substance to make it purer.

Senses

kehittää is used for these senses in English:

  • concoct (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
  • evolve To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
  • generate (transitive) To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
  • polish (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
  • refine (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
  • refine (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.

concoct — full definition

  1. verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
  2. verb To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.

develop — full definition

  1. verb To grow or change gradually into a more advanced state.
  2. verb To create or work something out over time.
  3. verb To treat photographic film chemically so its image becomes visible.

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