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siirtyä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • move verb To change position or location.
  • navigate verb To plan and follow a route or course while traveling.
  • pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.
  • repair verb To fix something that is broken or damaged.
  • scoot verb To move quickly, especially to leave in a hurry.
  • shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.
  • step noun A single movement of the foot when walking, or one of a set of surfaces used to go up or down, as on a staircase.
  • transfer verb To move something from one place, person, or thing to another.
  • transmigrate verb To migrate to another country.

Senses

siirtyä is used for these senses in English:

  • move (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
  • navigate (transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
  • pass (ditransitive) To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
  • pass (intransitive, legal) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
  • repair To transfer oneself to another place.
  • resettle (transitive) To force someone to settle in a different place.
  • scoot (intransitive, often with over) To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
  • shift (intransitive, sometimes, reflexive, and, figurative) To change position; to move.

move — full definition

  1. verb To change position or location.
  2. verb To relocate to a new home, job, or place of business.
  3. verb To cause strong emotion in someone.
  4. verb To formally propose something at a meeting.
  5. noun An act of changing position, or a step taken toward a goal.

navigate — full definition

  1. verb To plan and follow a route or course while traveling.
  2. verb To find a way through a difficult or complicated situation.
  3. verb To move between pages or sections of a website or app.

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