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Strecke — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • course noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • range noun The full span between the lowest and highest of something, such as values, prices, or distances.
  • reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
  • stretch verb To pull or extend something so it becomes longer or tighter.
  • track noun A rough path or trail, often left by repeated use.

Senses

Strecke is used for these senses in English:

  • course The itinerary of a race.
  • line (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
  • line segment (geometry) A part of a straight line bounded by two points.
  • range The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
  • reach (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
  • stretch A segment of a journey or route.
  • track A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

course — full definition

  1. noun A structured series of lessons or lectures on a subject, often part of a qualification.
  2. noun The path or direction that something (like a ship, plane, river, or plan of action) follows.
  3. noun One of the separate parts of a meal, served one after another.
  4. verb To flow or move quickly, especially of liquid.

line — full definition

  1. noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  2. noun A row or sequence of people, things, or words, one after another.
  3. verb To arrange people or things in a row, or to form such a row.
  4. verb To cover the inside surface of something with a layer of material.
  5. noun A telephone or other communication connection.

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