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achten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • damn interjection Used to express anger, frustration, or surprise.
  • esteem noun Respect and admiration for someone or something.
  • outlaw noun A person who has broken the law and is hiding or on the run from it.
  • proscribe verb To forbid or prohibit.
  • render verb To cause something to become a certain way.

Senses

achten is used for these senses in English:

  • damn To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
  • esteem To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
  • keep an eye out (idiomatic) To watch for or look out for.
  • look up to (idiomatic, transitive) To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
  • outlaw (transitive) To declare illegal.
  • pay attention (idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.
  • proscribe (transitive) To banish or exclude.
  • render (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.

damn — full definition

  1. interjection Used to express anger, frustration, or surprise.
  2. adverb Used to intensify a statement, similar to "very" or "extremely."
  3. verb To condemn or criticize harshly.

esteem — full definition

  1. noun Respect and admiration for someone or something.
  2. verb To regard someone or something highly; to value greatly.

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