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päätyä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • end up phrasal verb To reach a particular situation, place or state in the end, especially one that was not planned.
  • excogitate verb To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
  • light noun Brightness that lets people see, from the sun, a lamp, or fire.
  • wind-up noun An act of teasing someone by telling them something untrue to see how they react, or the false story itself.

Senses

päätyä is used for these senses in English:

  • end up (copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
  • excogitate To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
  • light (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.
  • wind up (intransitive, copulative) To end up; to arrive or result.

end up — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To reach a particular situation, place or state in the end, especially one that was not planned.
  2. phrasal verb Followed by an -ing verb: to do something eventually, after other things happened first.

excogitate — full definition

  1. verb To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
  2. verb To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

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