ablösen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- commute verb To travel regularly between home and one's place of work or study.
- detach verb To remove or separate something from what it was attached to.
- redeem verb To exchange a voucher, points, or a bond for cash or its stated value.
- relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
- supersede verb To take the place of something older or less effective, so that the earlier version is no longer used or valid.
Senses
ablösen is used for these senses in English:
- break away To become separated, literally or figuratively.
- commute (transitive, finance, law) To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.
- commute (transitive, insurance, pensions) To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash
- detach (transitive) To take apart from; to take off.
- supersede (transitive) To take the place of.
- supersede (transitive) To displace in favor of itself.
- unglue to separate that which was held by glue
commute — full definition
- verb To travel regularly between home and one's place of work or study.
- noun The regular journey between home and work.
- verb To reduce a legal penalty or sentence to something less severe.