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lähentyä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • approximate adj Close to the exact number or amount, but not precise.
  • converge verb To move from different directions toward the same point, gradually getting closer together.
  • near adj Physically close to something or someone.
  • yoke noun A wooden bar or frame joining two draught animals, such as oxen, at the neck so they can pull a plough or cart together.

Senses

lähentyä is used for these senses in English:

  • approximate (transitive) To come near to; to approach.
  • converge (intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.
  • near (ambitransitive) To come closer to; to approach.
  • yoke To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.

approximate — full definition

  1. adj Close to the exact number or amount, but not precise.
  2. verb To come close to something in value, quality, or nature.

converge — full definition

  1. verb To move from different directions toward the same point, gradually getting closer together.
  2. verb (mathematics) For a sequence or series to approach a fixed, finite value as more terms are added.

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