siirto — meaning in English
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English meaning
- go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
- handover noun The transfer of control, power, or responsibility from one person or group to another.
- move verb To change position or location.
- play verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
- rain check noun A polite refusal of an invitation that leaves the door open for another time, almost always in the phrase "take a rain check".
- secondment noun A temporary transfer of an employee to another department, organisation or location, after which they return to their original job.
- shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.
- transfer verb To move something from one place, person, or thing to another.
- translation noun A version of a text or speech rendered in a different language.
- transmission noun The act of sending or passing something on, such as data, a signal, or a disease.
- transplant verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.
- transport verb To carry people or goods from one place to another.
Senses
siirto is used for these senses in English:
- go A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- handover The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.
- move A change in strategy.
- move (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
- play (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- play (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- redeployment The act of redeploying.
- secondment The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.
go — full definition
- verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
- verb To function or proceed in a particular way.
- noun An attempt or turn at doing something.
- adj Ready and functioning correctly; cleared to proceed (chiefly in launch/technical contexts).
- noun An ancient strategy board game for two players who try to control territory on a grid using black and white stones.