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selvittää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ascertain verb To find out or establish something for certain, usually through checking or investigation.
  • check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
  • clear adj Transparent, or free of clouds, mist, or obstruction.
  • define verb To state clearly what a word, phrase, or symbol means.
  • find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
  • investigate verb To look into something carefully in order to find out the facts.
  • manifest adj Clear and obvious to see or understand.
  • report verb To give an account of an event or pass on information that has been observed or heard.
  • research noun Careful, systematic study of a subject to discover or confirm facts.
  • resolve verb To find a satisfactory solution to a problem or disagreement.
  • sober adj Not drunk or affected by alcohol or drugs.
  • solve verb To find the answer to a problem, puzzle, or question.
  • sort noun A particular type or kind of something.

Senses

selvittää is used for these senses in English:

  • account for (transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
  • ascertain (transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
  • check (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
  • clear (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
  • clear (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
  • define To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
  • figure out (informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
  • find out (transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.

check — full definition

  1. noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
  2. noun A written order instructing a bank to pay a stated sum (spelled "cheque" in British English).
  3. noun The bill for a meal, especially in a restaurant.
  4. noun In chess, a position where the king is under direct threat of capture.
  5. verb To examine or verify something.

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