puhetapa — meaning in English

English meaning

• address noun The details of where a building or property is located, used for mail or navigation.
• idiom noun A phrase whose meaning can't be worked out just from the words in it, such as "kick the bucket."
• parlance noun The particular way of speaking or set of terms used by a certain group, trade, or field.
• tongue noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.
• usage noun The act or amount of using something, such as electricity, data, or a resource.

Senses

puhetapa is used for these senses in English:

• address (Commonwealth, politics) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
• idiom A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
• parlance A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
• tongue A manner of speaking, often habitually.
• usage The established custom of using language; the ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, especially by a certain group of people or in a certain region. [from 14th c.]

address — full definition

1. noun The details of where a building or property is located, used for mail or navigation.
2. noun A formal speech given to an audience.
3. noun (computing) A code identifying a specific location in memory or on a network.
4. verb To speak directly to a person or group.
5. verb To deal with or attempt to solve an issue.

idiom — full definition

1. noun A phrase whose meaning can't be worked out just from the words in it, such as "kick the bucket."
2. noun A characteristic style of expression used in a language, art form, or field.

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