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