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keskustella — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • communicate verb To share information or ideas with someone, whether by speaking, writing, or gesture.
  • consult verb To seek advice or information from someone or something.
  • converse verb To talk with someone; to have a conversation.
  • discourse noun Serious conversation or communication, spoken or written, on a particular subject.
  • discuss verb To talk over a topic with someone, weighing different views.
  • speak verb To say words out loud; to talk.
  • treat verb To behave toward someone or something in a particular way.

Senses

keskustella is used for these senses in English:

  • communicate (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]
  • consult (transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
  • converse (formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
  • discourse (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
  • make conversation To talk with someone out of courtesy, to pass time, or in an effort to engage with them socially.
  • speak (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
  • touch base (by extension, idiomatic, colloquial, North America, usually, with "with") To meet or make contact with someone, usually to consult, review, visit, or communicate.
  • treat (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion. [from 14th c.]

communicate — full definition

  1. verb To share information or ideas with someone, whether by speaking, writing, or gesture.
  2. verb To pass something, such as a disease or feeling, from one person or thing to another.

consult — full definition

  1. verb To seek advice or information from someone or something.
  2. verb To work as an independent adviser or expert rather than a regular employee.

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