verständigen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- advise verb To give someone guidance or a recommendation about what to do.
- alert adj Watchful and paying close attention; ready to notice or react quickly.
- communicate verb To share information or ideas with someone, whether by speaking, writing, or gesture.
Senses
verständigen is used for these senses in English:
- advise (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
- advise (transitive) To formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel. [with of ‘what is communicated’]
- alert To give warning to.
- communicate (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]
advise — full definition
- verb To give someone guidance or a recommendation about what to do.
- verb To formally inform or notify someone of something.
alert — full definition
- adj Watchful and paying close attention; ready to notice or react quickly.
- noun A warning or notification about something that needs attention.
- verb To warn someone about something.