übertragen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- borrow verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
- broadcast verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
- communicate verb To share information or ideas with someone, whether by speaking, writing, or gesture.
- confer verb To talk something over with others; to discuss and seek advice.
- convey verb To communicate an idea, feeling, or message.
- conveyance noun The act of transporting or carrying something.
- figurative adj Using words in a non-literal, symbolic way, such as through metaphor or simile, rather than their exact meaning.
- transfer verb To move something from one place, person, or thing to another.
- translate verb To change spoken or written words from one language into another.
- transmit verb To send or pass something from one person, place, or thing to another.
- vicarious adjective Experienced indirectly, by imagining or watching what happens to someone else rather than doing it yourself.
Senses
übertragen is used for these senses in English:
- borrow (arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
- broadcast (transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
- broadcast (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
- communicate (transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. [from 17th c.]
- confer (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
- confer (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]
- convey (legal) To transfer legal rights (to).
- conveyance (legal, transitive) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
borrow — full definition
- verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
- verb To adopt an idea, word, or style from somewhere else and use it as your own.
broadcast — full definition
- verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
- noun A radio or television program transmitted to the public.