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zahlen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  • count verb To say numbers in order, or to work out the total number of something.
  • counting noun The act of determining the number of something by counting.
  • matter noun Physical substance in general — anything that has mass and takes up space.
  • number noun A value used to count, measure, or label something.
  • pay verb To give money in exchange for goods, services, or work.
  • tally verb To count or add up a total.

Senses

zahlen is used for these senses in English:

  • abide (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th c.]
  • count The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
  • count (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
  • count (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
  • count down (transitive) To await a precisely timed expected event.
  • count on (transitive) To rely on, trust, or expect.
  • counting a count
  • counting the act by which something is counted.

abide — full definition

  1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
  3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

count — full definition

  1. verb To say numbers in order, or to work out the total number of something.
  2. verb To matter or be of significance.
  3. noun The total reached by counting; a tally.
  4. noun A nobleman ranking below a duke and above a baron in some European countries.

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