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gewähren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accord noun A formal agreement, especially between countries or groups.
  • afford verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
  • grant verb To give someone permission, a right, or something they have asked for.
  • impart verb To pass on knowledge, advice, or a quality to someone.
  • vouchsafe verb To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

gewähren is used for these senses in English:

  • accord (transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.
  • afford (obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss.
  • grant (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
  • impart (transitive) To give a part or to share.
  • vouchsafe To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
  • yield (intransitive) To give way under force; to succumb to a force.

accord — full definition

  1. noun A formal agreement, especially between countries or groups.
  2. verb To be in agreement or match with something.

afford — full definition

  1. verb To have enough money, time, or resources for something.
  2. verb To be able to do something without unacceptable risk or consequence.

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