gerō — meaning in English

English meaning

• act verb To do something; to take action.
• porter noun A person employed to carry luggage or goods, especially at a station, airport, or hotel.
• wear verb To have clothing, jewellery, or an accessory on one's body.

Senses

gerō is used for these senses in English:

• act (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• act (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
• porter A person who carries luggage and related objects.

act — full definition

1. verb To do something; to take action.
2. verb To perform a role in a play, film, or show.
3. verb To behave in a particular way.
4. noun Something done; a deed.
5. noun A law passed by a legislative body.

porter — full definition

1. noun A person employed to carry luggage or goods, especially at a station, airport, or hotel.
2. noun A person who staffs and controls the entrance to a building.
3. noun A strong, dark beer similar to a stout but generally lighter in body.

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