merkitä — meaning in English

English meaning

• blaze noun A large, fast-burning fire.
• check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
• denote verb To be a sign or indication of something.
• designate verb To officially choose or name someone or something for a particular role or purpose.
• flag noun A piece of cloth with a distinctive design, used as a symbol of a country, organization, or signal.
• implicate verb To show that someone is involved in something wrong or criminal.
• imply verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
• mark noun A visible line, spot, or impression left on a surface.
• matter noun Physical substance in general — anything that has mass and takes up space.
• mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
• notate verb To put spots or lines, often in color, onto something.
• note noun A short piece of writing made to record or remember something.
• plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.
• portend verb To be a warning sign that something bad is going to happen.
• record noun A written or stored account of information, kept for future reference.
• register verb To add a name, item, or event to an official list or record.
• signify verb To be a sign of; to indicate or represent something.
• spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
• symbolize verb To be a symbol of; to represent something beyond its literal meaning.
• tag noun A small label attached to an item, showing information such as its price, size, or owner.

Senses

merkitä is used for these senses in English:

• blaze (transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).
• blaze (transitive) To indicate or mark out (a trail, especially through vegetation) by a series of blazes.
• check (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
• denote (transitive) To indicate; to mark.
• denote (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.
• designate To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
• flag (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
• implicate (transitive, nonstandard) To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.

blaze — full definition

1. noun A large, fast-burning fire.
2. verb To burn brightly, or to shine with intense light.
3. noun A white or light-colored mark on a horse's face, or a mark cut into a tree's bark to show a trail.

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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