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 about something very carefully and thoroughly.
- 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
- phrasal verb To reach a particular situation, place or state in the end, especially one that was not planned.
- phrasal verb Followed by an -ing verb: to do something eventually, after other things happened first.
excogitate — full definition
- verb To think about something very carefully and thoroughly.
- verb To work out an idea or conclusion through careful thought.
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