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einnehmen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assume verb To accept something as true without proof.
  • fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • span noun The distance or length between two points, edges, or supports.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

einnehmen is used for these senses in English:

  • assume To take on a position, duty or form
  • fret (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
  • get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • span (transitive) To extend through the distance between or across.
  • take (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

assume — full definition

  1. verb To accept something as true without proof.
  2. verb To take on a role, responsibility, or form.

fret — full definition

  1. verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
  2. noun One of the raised ridges across the neck of a guitar or similar instrument, used to mark finger positions.

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