ryhtyä — meaning in English

English meaning

• address noun The details of where a building or property is located, used for mail or navigation.
• undertake verb To take on a task or responsibility and commit to completing it.
• wage noun Money paid to a worker, usually calculated by the hour.

Senses

ryhtyä is used for these senses in English:

• address (transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
• get up to To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper.
• set about (intransitive) To start doing or to devote oneself to some task; to set upon.
• set out (intransitive) To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
• undertake (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
• wage (transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).

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.

undertake — full definition

1. verb To take on a task or responsibility and commit to completing it.
2. verb To formally promise or commit to doing something.

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