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entsprechen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conform verb To match your behaviour, appearance, or attitudes to what is expected or normal, especially to fit in with a group.
  • correspond verb To match or be equivalent to something else.
  • duplicate adj Exactly the same as something else, especially because it was copied from it.
  • meet verb To come face to face with someone, whether by chance or by arrangement.

Senses

entsprechen is used for these senses in English:

  • befit to be fit for
  • conform (transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
  • conform (intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.
  • correspond (intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.
  • duplicate (transitive) To produce something equal to.
  • meet To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

conform — full definition

  1. verb To match your behaviour, appearance, or attitudes to what is expected or normal, especially to fit in with a group.
  2. verb To meet a required standard, specification, or rule.

correspond — full definition

  1. verb To match or be equivalent to something else.
  2. verb To exchange letters or messages with someone over time.

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