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määrittää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assess verb To judge or estimate the value, quality, or extent of something.
  • define verb To state clearly what a word, phrase, or symbol means.
  • designate verb To officially choose or name someone or something for a particular role or purpose.
  • determine verb To find out or establish something for certain, usually by investigation.
  • extract verb To pull or draw something out, often with effort or force.
  • measure verb To find the size, amount, or degree of something using an instrument or standard.
  • modify verb To change part of something, usually without altering its overall nature.
  • note noun A short piece of writing made to record or remember something.
  • quantify verb To measure or express something as a specific amount or number.
  • specify verb To state something precisely or in detail.
  • survey noun A set of questions used to gather information or opinions from a group of people.

Senses

määrittää is used for these senses in English:

  • assess (transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
  • designate To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
  • determine To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
  • extract (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
  • extract (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
  • measure To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
  • modify (transitive, grammar) To qualify the meaning of.
  • note (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

assess — full definition

  1. verb To judge or estimate the value, quality, or extent of something.
  2. verb To calculate and officially charge an amount, such as a tax or fine.

define — full definition

  1. verb To state clearly what a word, phrase, or symbol means.
  2. verb To describe the essential nature or limits of something clearly.

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