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määrätä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • allot verb To give out or assign a share of something to each person or purpose.
  • appoint verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  • assign verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  • award noun A prize or honour given for merit or achievement.
  • charge noun An amount of money asked for a service or product.
  • decree noun An official order or law issued by an authority.
  • detail noun A small, specific fact or feature, especially one easy to overlook.
  • dispense verb To give out or distribute something, especially in measured amounts.
  • enjoin verb To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
  • fate noun The power thought to control everything that happens, seen as unavoidable; also, the eventual outcome awaiting someone or something.
  • govern verb To run the political affairs of a country, state, or region.
  • have verb To own or possess something.
  • impose verb To officially establish or enforce a rule, tax, or penalty.
  • order noun The arrangement of things in a particular sequence or pattern.
  • prescribe verb For a doctor or other licensed practitioner to formally order a medicine or treatment for a patient.
  • tell verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.

Senses

määrätä is used for these senses in English:

  • allot (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.
  • appoint (obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
  • assign (transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
  • award (transitive, legal) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
  • call the shots (chiefly, US) To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders.
  • charge To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.
  • charge (cricket, of a, batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
  • charge (transitive, of a, hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog)

appoint — full definition

  1. verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  2. verb To set or fix a time or place for something, such as a meeting.

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