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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

  1. verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
  2. verb To function or proceed in a particular way.
  3. noun An attempt or turn at doing something.
  4. adj Ready and functioning correctly; cleared to proceed (chiefly in launch/technical contexts).
  5. noun An ancient strategy board game for two players who try to control territory on a grid using black and white stones.

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