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sijaistaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • substitute verb To use one thing or person in place of another.
  • supply verb To provide something needed.

Senses

sijaistaa is used for these senses in English:

  • substitute (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
  • supply (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

ghost — full definition

  1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
  3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
  4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

substitute — full definition

  1. verb To use one thing or person in place of another.
  2. noun A person or thing used in place of another.

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