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auflegen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apply verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
  • superimpose verb To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.

Senses

auflegen is used for these senses in English:

  • apply (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
  • hang up (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
  • put down To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
  • superimpose To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
  • superpose (transitive) To place (an object) on top of another.

apply — full definition

  1. verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
  2. verb To put something into use for a particular purpose.
  3. verb To be relevant or have an effect on a particular case.

superimpose — full definition

  1. verb To place an object over another object, usually in such a way that both will be visible.
  2. verb To establish a structural system over, independently of underlying structures.

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