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fordern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • claim verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
  • enjoin verb To order someone firmly to do something.
  • exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
  • facilitate verb To make a process easier or help it happen more smoothly.
  • foment verb To stir up trouble or push people toward taking action, often unrest.
  • forward adj Located at or moving toward the front.
  • foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  • further verb To help advance or promote something.
  • mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
  • nurture noun Care and encouragement given to help someone or something grow and develop.
  • patronize verb To talk to someone in a way that shows you think you are smarter or better than them.
  • test noun A set of questions or tasks used to check someone's knowledge or ability.

Senses

fordern is used for these senses in English:

  • enjoin (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • exact (ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
  • facilitate To make easy or easier.
  • foment (transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
  • forward (transitive) To advance, promote.
  • foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  • foster (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
  • further (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.

claim — full definition

  1. verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
  2. verb To formally ask for something you believe you are owed or entitled to.
  3. noun A statement that something is true, especially one still to be proven.
  4. noun A formal request for money, property, or a right one believes is owed.

enjoin — full definition

  1. verb To order someone firmly to do something.
  2. verb To set something down as an official rule that must be followed.
  3. verb To stop someone from doing something by a court order.
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