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aller — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attend verb To be present at an event, class, or place.
  • be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  • do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • fit adj Physically healthy and in good shape.
  • go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
  • head noun The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, and mouth.
  • will verb A modal verb used to talk about the future, often with a sense of intention or certainty.

Senses

aller is used for these senses in English:

  • about to (idiomatic, with infinitive verb) Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates action that is imminent; ready to; went to
  • attend (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]
  • be (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
  • do (ambitransitive) To suffice.
  • do (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
  • drive (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
  • fit (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
  • fit (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.

attend — full definition

  1. verb To be present at an event, class, or place.
  2. verb To take care of or deal with someone or something.
  3. verb To pay attention to or listen carefully to something.

be — full definition

  1. verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
  2. verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.

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