pyytää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- appeal noun A formal request to a higher court to review and change a lower court's decision.
- ask verb To put a question to someone, or to request information.
- beg verb To ask urgently for something, often money, food, or a favor.
- bespeak verb To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
- BID verb To offer a specific amount of money for something, especially at an auction.
- entreat verb To ask someone earnestly or beg them for something.
- have verb To own or possess something.
- invoke verb To call on something, such as a rule, law, or higher power, for support or justification.
- petition noun A formal written request, often signed by many people, asking an authority to act on something.
- pray verb To speak to God or a higher power, whether to give thanks, ask for help, or express devotion.
- request verb To ask for something, often politely or formally.
- seek verb To try to find something.
- solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.
- supplicate verb To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.
- thank verb To express gratitude to someone.
Senses
pyytää is used for these senses in English:
- appeal (intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- ask (transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- ask for To request.
- beg (intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
- beg (transitive) To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
- bespeak (transitive) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
- bid (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
- entreat (intransitive) Often followed by for: to ask earnestly or to beg for a benefit, favour, etc.; to appeal, to plead.
appeal — full definition
- noun A formal request to a higher court to review and change a lower court's decision.
- noun A serious or urgent request for help, support, or something desired.
- noun The quality of being attractive or interesting.
- verb To formally request that a higher court review a decision.
- verb To be attractive or interesting to someone.
ask — full definition
- verb To put a question to someone, or to request information.
- verb To request that someone do something, or to request permission.
- verb To invite someone.
- noun A request, or something requested — often used in business or fundraising contexts.
- noun The price a seller is asking for something.