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esitare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dither verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
  • hesitate verb To pause before doing or deciding something because of doubt or reluctance.
  • hover verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
  • vacillate verb To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.

Senses

esitare is used for these senses in English:

  • dither (figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
  • hover To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
  • vacillate (intransitive) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.

dither — full definition

  1. verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
  2. verb To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
  3. verb To do something nervously.
  4. verb To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:

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