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κάνω — meaning in English

kano

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English meaning

  • affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  • cost verb To require the payment of a certain amount of money.
  • do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  • fit adj Physically healthy and in good shape.
  • make verb To create, produce, or build something.

Senses

κάνω is used for these senses in English:

  • affect (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
  • cost (transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
  • fit (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
  • fit (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
  • make (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
  • turn into (idiomatic, transitive) To transform into; cause to become.

affect — full definition

  1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

cost — full definition

  1. verb To require the payment of a certain amount of money.
  2. verb To cause someone to lose something.
  3. noun The amount of money, time, or effort needed to get or do something.
  4. noun A loss or negative result suffered in order to achieve something.

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