bestehen — meaning in English

English meaning

• absolve verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
• compose verb To make up or form the parts of something.
• consist verb To be made up of particular parts or elements.
• demand noun In economics, people's desire and ability to buy a particular good or service at a given price.
• exist verb To be real; to have actual being.
• insist verb To state something firmly and repeatedly, refusing to accept disagreement.
• obtain verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.
• pass verb To move from one place, position, or state to another.
• stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.

Senses

bestehen is used for these senses in English:

• absolve (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
• consist (archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.
• demand To request forcefully.
• exist (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
• insist (with (that + indicative), or, intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.
• pass (transitive) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
• stand (transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.

absolve — full definition

1. verb To officially clear someone of blame, guilt, or responsibility.
2. verb To formally forgive someone of their sins.

compose — full definition

1. verb To make up or form the parts of something.
2. verb To create a piece of music or writing.
3. verb To calm oneself or bring one's emotions under control.

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