tunnustaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- acknowledge verb To accept or admit that something is true.
- avow verb To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- confess verb To admit that you have done something wrong, or that something is true.
- own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.
- recognize verb To identify someone or something as already known from a previous encounter.
Senses
tunnustaa is used for these senses in English:
- acknowledge (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
- acknowledge (transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
- avow (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- come clean (idiomatic) To confess; admit the truth.
- concede To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
- confess (transitive) To disclose or reveal.
- nostrify To nostrificate; to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university.
- own (transitive) To take responsibility for.
acknowledge — full definition
- verb To accept or admit that something is true.
- verb To recognize someone or something formally, or to respond confirming receipt of something.
avow — full definition
- verb To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- verb To bind or devote by a vow.
- verb To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.