päättää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bear noun A large, heavily built mammal with thick fur, found across much of the world, ranging from mostly plant-eating to fully carnivorous species.
- cease verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
- choose verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
- close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
- decide verb To make a choice or judgment after thinking something over.
- determine verb To find out or establish something for certain, usually by investigation.
- elect verb To choose someone for a position through a vote.
- end noun The final point of something in space or time.
- opt verb To choose one option over another, often after weighing alternatives.
- reckon verb To think or suppose something, often used informally.
- resolve verb To find a satisfactory solution to a problem or disagreement.
- rule noun An official regulation or guideline that governs behaviour or a process.
- terminate verb To bring something to an end.
- wind-up noun An act of teasing someone by telling them something untrue to see how they react, or the false story itself.
Senses
päättää is used for these senses in English:
- bear (transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- cast off (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
- cease (formal, intransitive) To stop.
- cease (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
- choose To decide to act in a certain way.
- close (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- come down (intransitive) To reach or release a decision.
- decide (ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
bear — full definition
- noun A large, heavily built mammal with thick fur, found across much of the world, ranging from mostly plant-eating to fully carnivorous species.
- noun An investor who expects prices to fall and sells accordingly; used as an adjective for a falling market.
- verb To carry, support, or endure something.
- verb To give birth to (a child), or to produce (fruit, etc.).
cease — full definition
- verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
- verb To stop doing something.