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vermitteln — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • compromise noun An agreement reached when each side gives up part of what it wants.
  • impart verb To pass on knowledge, advice, or a quality to someone.
  • judge noun A public official who presides over court cases and delivers rulings.
  • mediate verb To help two opposing sides reach an agreement by acting as a neutral go-between.
  • procure verb To obtain something, especially through effort or by particular means.
  • straddle verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.

Senses

vermitteln is used for these senses in English:

  • compromise To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
  • impart (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
  • judge (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
  • mediate (intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
  • procure (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
  • straddle (transitive) To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.

compromise — full definition

  1. noun An agreement reached when each side gives up part of what it wants.
  2. verb To settle a disagreement by each side making concessions.
  3. verb To weaken or damage something, or expose it to risk.

impart — full definition

  1. verb To pass on knowledge, advice, or a quality to someone.
  2. verb To make something known.

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