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伝える — meaning in English

tsutaeru

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English meaning

  • communicate verb To share information or ideas with someone, whether by speaking, writing, or gesture.
  • convey verb To communicate an idea, feeling, or message.

Senses

伝える is used for these senses in English:

  • communicate (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]
  • convey To communicate; to make known; to portray.
  • pass on (transitive) To convey or communicate.

communicate — full definition

  1. verb To share information or ideas with someone, whether by speaking, writing, or gesture.
  2. verb To pass something, such as a disease or feeling, from one person or thing to another.

convey — full definition

  1. verb To communicate an idea, feeling, or message.
  2. verb To transport or carry something from one place to another.
  3. verb (law) To legally transfer ownership of property.

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