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muuttaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adjust verb To change something slightly so it works better or fits new circumstances.
  • alter verb To change something, especially in a fairly small or specific way.
  • amend verb To make formal changes to a document, law, or agreement in order to correct or improve it.
  • change verb To become different, or to make something different.
  • convert verb To change something from one form, substance, or purpose into another.
  • differentiate verb To recognize, show, or create a difference between things.
  • edit verb To change, correct, or improve a piece of writing, video, or other content.
  • fudge noun A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
  • migrate verb To move from one region or country to another, often seasonally or permanently.
  • move verb To change position or location.
  • overtake verb To pass a slower vehicle, runner, or competitor ahead of you.
  • relocate verb To move to a new place, or to move something to a new place.
  • remove verb To take something away from its place.
  • render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
  • revise verb To change or correct something, especially a piece of writing, in order to improve it.
  • shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.
  • swing verb To move back and forth or in a circular path while hanging from a fixed point.
  • throw verb To send an object through the air using force from your hand or arm.
  • transform verb To change something greatly in appearance, nature, or character.
  • transmute verb To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.
  • turn verb To move or rotate around an axis, or to change direction.

Senses

muuttaa is used for these senses in English:

  • adjust (transitive) To modify.
  • adjust (transitive) To improve or rectify.
  • alter (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
  • amend (transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
  • change (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
  • convert (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
  • convert (transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
  • differentiate To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.

adjust — full definition

  1. verb To change something slightly so it works better or fits new circumstances.
  2. verb To settle or resolve, especially an insurance claim.

alter — full definition

  1. verb To change something, especially in a fairly small or specific way.
  2. verb To neuter or spay an animal.

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