perehdyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acquaint verb To make someone familiar with something, or to introduce people to each other.
- brief adj Lasting only a short time.
- familiarize verb To make yourself or someone else knowledgeable about something new.
- induct verb To bring someone in as a new member of a group.
Senses
perehdyttää is used for these senses in English:
- acquaint (transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
- brief (transitive) To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power.
- familiarize (ambitransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.
- induct (obsolete) To introduce; to bring in.
brief — full definition
- adj Lasting only a short time.
- adj Using few words; concise.
- noun A set of instructions or a summary given to someone before they carry out a task.
- noun A document summarizing the facts and legal arguments of a case, or (UK) the case papers given to a barrister.
- verb To give someone a concise summary of a situation before they act.
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