selostaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• explain verb To make something clear or easier to understand.
• report verb To give an account of an event or pass on information that has been observed or heard.

Senses

selostaa is used for these senses in English:

• commentate (intransitive) To provide a commentary; to act as a commentator; to maintain a stream of comments about some event.
• explain (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
• report (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]
• report (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. [from 19th c.]
• report (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).

explain — full definition

1. verb To make something clear or easier to understand.
2. verb To give the reason or cause for something.

report — full definition

1. verb To give an account of an event or pass on information that has been observed or heard.
2. verb To formally notify authorities about wrongdoing, an incident, or a concern.
3. verb To be accountable to someone in a workplace hierarchy.
4. verb To present oneself somewhere at a required time.
5. noun A written or spoken account describing something, usually presented to someone else.

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