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valita — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assign verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  • choose verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
  • decide verb To make a choice or judgment after thinking something over.
  • designate verb To officially choose or name someone or something for a particular role or purpose.
  • elect verb To choose someone for a position through a vote.
  • note noun A short piece of writing made to record or remember something.
  • opt verb To choose one option over another, often after weighing alternatives.
  • pick verb To choose one thing from a number of options.
  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • select verb To choose one or more items from a group of options.
  • single adj Being just one, on its own, without anything else alongside it.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

valita is used for these senses in English:

  • assign (transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
  • call up (transitive) To select e.g. to a sports squad.
  • choose To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
  • decide (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
  • designate To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
  • elect (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)
  • elect (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election
  • get in (intransitive, idiomatic) To be elected to some office.

assign — full definition

  1. verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  2. verb To transfer property, a right, or a value to someone or something else.

choose — full definition

  1. verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
  2. verb To decide or prefer to act in a particular way.

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