nimetä — meaning in English

English meaning

• berth noun A space where a ship can dock, moor, or anchor safely.
• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• denominate verb To give something a name.
• designate verb To officially choose or name someone or something for a particular role or purpose.
• entitle verb To give something a name or heading.
• name noun A word or phrase used to identify a specific person, place, or thing.
• nickname noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.

Senses

nimetä is used for these senses in English:

• berth (figurative) To provide (someone) with a berth (noun sense 3.1) or appointment, job, or position.
• call To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
• denominate To name; to designate.
• designate To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
• entitle To give a title to a book, film, play, etc.
• name (transitive) To mention, specify.
• name names (idiom) To identify specific people, especially people involved in misdeeds or other secretive activity.
• nickname (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

berth — full definition

1. noun A space where a ship can dock, moor, or anchor safely.
2. noun A fixed sleeping bunk on a ship, train, or other vehicle.
3. noun A job, position, or spot secured in something, such as a tournament.
4. verb To bring a ship into a berth, or to dock.

call — full definition

1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

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