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Anweisung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • delegation noun A group of people sent to represent a larger organization or country.
  • direction noun The line or path along which something moves or faces.
  • directive noun An official instruction or order.
  • instruction noun A statement telling someone what to do, or a set of such statements.
  • statement noun Something said or written that expresses a fact, opinion, or position.

Senses

Anweisung is used for these senses in English:

  • delegation (legal) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
  • direction Guidance, instruction.
  • directive An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
  • instruction (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
  • instruction (countable) An order or command.
  • statement (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.

delegation — full definition

  1. noun A group of people sent to represent a larger organization or country.
  2. noun The act of assigning tasks or authority to someone else.

direction — full definition

  1. noun The line or path along which something moves or faces.
  2. noun Guidance or instruction about what to do.
  3. noun The overall course a project, career, or plan is heading in.

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