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viettää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • slant noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  • slope noun A stretch of ground that rises or falls at an angle; or the steepness of any such surface or line.
  • spend verb To pay out money in exchange for something.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

viettää is used for these senses in English:

  • pitch (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
  • slant (ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.
  • slope (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
  • spend To consume, to use up (time).
  • take (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).

pitch — full definition

  1. noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  2. verb To throw, especially a ball toward a batter.
  3. verb To promote or attempt to sell an idea or product.
  4. noun The playing field used in sports such as football, rugby, or cricket (chiefly British English).
  5. noun How high or low a sound is perceived to be.

slant — full definition

  1. noun A slope or tilt; a sloping surface or line.
  2. noun A particular point of view or way of presenting something, often biased.
  3. verb To lean or tilt at an angle.
  4. verb To present information in a biased way.

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