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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

  1. noun A large, heavily built mammal with thick fur, found across much of the world, ranging from mostly plant-eating to fully carnivorous species.
  2. noun An investor who expects prices to fall and sells accordingly; used as an adjective for a falling market.
  3. verb To carry, support, or endure something.
  4. verb To give birth to (a child), or to produce (fruit, etc.).

cease — full definition

  1. verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  2. verb To stop doing something.

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