faire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- act verb To do something; to take action.
- be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
- go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
- have verb To own or possess something.
- hypothesize verb To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.
- issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
- make verb To create, produce, or build something.
- perform verb To carry out an action or task.
- place noun A particular area, location, or spot.
- skim verb To read something quickly, picking up only the main points.
- work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.
Senses
faire is used for these senses in English:
- act (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
- add up (intransitive) To accumulate; to amount to.
- be (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
- be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
- do (ambitransitive) To suffice.
- do (transitive, chiefly, in questions) To have as one's job.
- go To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- have (transitive) To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
act — full definition
- verb To do something; to take action.
- verb To perform a role in a play, film, or show.
- verb To behave in a particular way.
- noun Something done; a deed.
- noun A law passed by a legislative body.
be — full definition
- verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.