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lippu — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • banner noun A long strip of fabric or sign, often bearing a message, slogan, or emblem.
  • check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
  • color noun The visual quality of light that lets us tell red from blue, green from yellow, and so on.
  • flag noun A piece of cloth with a distinctive design, used as a symbol of a country, organization, or signal.
  • pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.
  • switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.
  • ticket noun A small printed or digital pass that allows entry to an event, or travel on transport.

Senses

lippu is used for these senses in English:

  • banner (by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
  • check A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
  • color (in the plural) A standard or banner.
  • flag (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
  • pass A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
  • switch (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
  • ticket A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
  • ticket A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.

banner — full definition

  1. noun A long strip of fabric or sign, often bearing a message, slogan, or emblem.
  2. noun A digital advertisement displayed across the top or side of a webpage.
  3. adj Outstanding or record-setting (chiefly US), as in "a banner year."

check — full definition

  1. noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
  2. noun A written order instructing a bank to pay a stated sum (spelled "cheque" in British English).
  3. noun The bill for a meal, especially in a restaurant.
  4. noun In chess, a position where the king is under direct threat of capture.
  5. verb To examine or verify something.

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