ionsaigh — meaning in English
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English meaning
- advance verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
- approach verb To move closer to something or someone.
- attack verb To use violent force against a person or place.
- attain verb To succeed in reaching or achieving something through effort.
- attempt verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
- insert verb To put or fit something into something else.
- reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
Senses
ionsaigh is used for these senses in English:
- advance (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.]
- approach (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
- attain (transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
- attempt (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
- insert (transitive) To put in between or into.
- set about (intransitive) To start doing or to devote oneself to some task; to set upon.
advance — full definition
- verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
- verb To give money before it is normally due.
- noun Forward movement or progress, or money paid before it is due.
- adj Happening or done ahead of time.
approach — full definition
- verb To move closer to something or someone.
- verb To speak to someone, often to make a request or start a conversation.
- noun A way of dealing with or thinking about something.