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lähettää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • air noun The mixture of gases that makes up Earth's atmosphere, which we breathe.
  • broadcast verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
  • deploy verb To move troops or equipment into position for military action.
  • discharge verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  • dispatch verb To send something or someone off promptly for a specific purpose.
  • drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
  • emit verb To send out or release something, such as light, sound, heat, or a substance.
  • post noun A long upright pole or beam, such as a fence post or lamppost.
  • propagate verb To spread or pass something on, such as information, a belief, or a disease.
  • remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
  • scramble verb To move quickly and awkwardly, often using hands and feet, especially over rough ground.
  • screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
  • send verb To cause something or someone to go from one place to another.
  • ship noun A large vessel built to carry people or cargo across water.
  • telecast verb To broadcast something on television.
  • transmit verb To send or pass something from one person, place, or thing to another.

Senses

lähettää is used for these senses in English:

  • air (intransitive) To be broadcast.
  • broadcast (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
  • discharge (medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
  • dispatch (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
  • drop (transitive) To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner. [from 18th c.]
  • emit (intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.
  • on air (radio, television, broadcasting) Being, or so as to be, broadcast or transmitted by radio or television.
  • post (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]

air — full definition

  1. noun The mixture of gases that makes up Earth's atmosphere, which we breathe.
  2. noun A particular quality, feeling, or manner someone or something has.
  3. noun Television or radio broadcasting.
  4. verb To broadcast something on television or radio.
  5. verb To make an opinion, complaint, or secret known publicly.

broadcast — full definition

  1. verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
  2. noun A radio or television program transmitted to the public.

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