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ableiten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
  • construe noun A translation.
  • deduce verb To work out a conclusion through logical reasoning based on known facts or evidence.
  • derive verb To get or obtain something from a particular source.
  • differentiate verb To recognize, show, or create a difference between things.
  • dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
  • diversion noun Something done to distract attention from what is really happening.
  • draw verb To create a picture using a pencil, pen, or similar tool.
  • judge noun A public official who presides over court cases and delivers rulings.

Senses

ableiten is used for these senses in English:

  • collect (transitive, now, rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
  • construe (transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).
  • deduce (transitive) To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.
  • derive (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
  • derive (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
  • derive (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
  • derive (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
  • differentiate (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.

collect — full definition

  1. verb To gather things together, often systematically.
  2. verb To go and get someone or something; to pick up.
  3. verb To receive payment that is owed.

construe — full definition

  1. noun A translation.
  2. noun An interpretation.

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