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Ergeben — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aggregate noun A total formed by combining several separate amounts or items.
  • capitulate verb To stop resisting and agree to the other side's terms; to surrender.
  • evaluate verb To carefully judge the value, quality, or significance of something.
  • faithful adjective Loyal and devoted to a person, cause, or duty.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • indulge verb To allow oneself to enjoy something desired, often without restraint.
  • meek adj Quiet, humble, and unwilling to assert oneself.
  • spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
  • surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

Ergeben is used for these senses in English:

  • aggregate (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
  • capitulate (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]
  • evaluate (intransitive, computing, mathematics) To return or have a specific value.
  • faithful Reliable; worthy of trust.
  • give up (transitive) To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
  • indulge To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.
  • spell (intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]
  • spell (transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word). [from 19th c.]

aggregate — full definition

  1. noun A total formed by combining several separate amounts or items.
  2. noun Sand, gravel, or crushed stone used in construction, especially in making concrete.
  3. adj Formed by combining separate items or amounts into a total.
  4. verb To combine separate items into a total or single group.

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