Annehmen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accept verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
- adopt verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
- agree verb To share the same opinion as someone else.
- assume verb To accept something as true without proof.
- assumption noun Something accepted as true without proof, or the act of accepting it as true.
- befriend verb To become someone's friend, or to act in a friendly, supportive way toward them.
- contract noun A written or spoken agreement, especially one intended to be enforceable by law.
- credit noun Recognition or praise given for something a person has done.
- embrace verb To hold someone closely in your arms as a sign of affection; to hug.
- get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
- presume verb To accept something as true or likely without direct proof.
- presumption noun Something accepted as probably true without direct proof, or the act of assuming it.
- suppose verb To assume or believe something without full proof.
- supposition noun An assumption made without full proof.
- surmise verb To guess or conclude something without solid proof.
- take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.
Senses
Annehmen is used for these senses in English:
- accept (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- adopt To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
- agree (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
- assume To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
- assume To take on a position, duty or form
- assume To adopt (an idea or cause)
- assumption The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- befriend (transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
accept — full definition
- verb To agree to receive or take something that is offered.
- verb To acknowledge something as true or as a fact, even if reluctantly.
- verb To approve of and include someone, such as in a group or institution.
adopt — full definition
- verb To legally take a child into your family as your own.
- verb To take a pet or cause under your care, or to start using an idea, method, or practice.