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tekijä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • actor noun A person who performs roles in plays, films, or television shows.
  • agent noun A person who acts on behalf of another, especially in business or legal matters.
  • auteur noun A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.
  • author noun A person who writes a book, article, or other original work.
  • composer noun A person who writes music.
  • factor noun One of several things that contributes to or influences a result.
  • hand noun The part of the body at the end of the arm, used for grasping and manipulating objects.
  • maker noun A person, company, or thing that makes or produces something.
  • perpetrator noun The person who actually carries out a crime or other wrongdoing.
  • player noun Someone taking part in a game or sport.
  • subject noun The main topic being discussed, studied, or shown in a work of art.

Senses

tekijä is used for these senses in English:

  • actor A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]
  • agent (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
  • auteur A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.
  • author The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
  • composer One who composes; an author.
  • factor (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
  • factor (causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
  • factorization (mathematics) The process of creating a list of factors.

actor — full definition

  1. noun A person who performs roles in plays, films, or television shows.
  2. noun A person or organization that participates in or influences an event or situation.

agent — full definition

  1. noun A person who acts on behalf of another, especially in business or legal matters.
  2. noun A person who works, often secretly, for a government or intelligence organization.
  3. noun A substance or force that produces an effect.

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