selvittää — meaning in English

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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