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Aufsetzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • superimpose verb To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
  • touchdown noun In American football, a scoring play worth six points, made by getting the ball into the opponent's end zone.

Senses

Aufsetzen is used for these senses in English:

  • draw up (transitive) To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan.
  • put down (aviation, idiomatic, of an aircraft) To land.
  • superimpose To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
  • superpose (transitive) To place (an object) on top of another.
  • touchdown (rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).

superimpose — full definition

  1. verb To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
  2. verb To establish a structural system over, independently of underlying structures.

touchdown — full definition

  1. noun In American football, a scoring play worth six points, made by getting the ball into the opponent's end zone.
  2. noun The moment an aircraft or spacecraft first makes contact with the ground while landing.

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