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bewegen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • actuate verb To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
  • affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  • hover verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
  • move verb To change position or location.
  • stir verb To mix a liquid or substance by moving an object like a spoon through it.
  • trend noun A general direction in which something is developing or changing over time.

Senses

bewegen is used for these senses in English:

  • actuate (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
  • affect (transitive) To move to emotion.
  • hover (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
  • stir (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
  • trend (social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

actuate — full definition

  1. verb To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
  2. verb To incite to action; to motivate.

affect — full definition

  1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

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