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dzwonić — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  • knell verb To ring a bell slowly and solemnly, especially to mark a death or funeral.
  • phone noun A device used to talk to someone over a distance, especially a mobile device that also runs apps.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • telephone verb To call someone or pass on information using a phone.

Senses

dzwonić is used for these senses in English:

  • call (ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.
  • phone (ambitransitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.
  • ring (transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
  • ring (transitive) To produce (a sound) by ringing.
  • ring (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
  • telephone (ambitransitive) To (attempt to) contact someone using a telephone.

call — full definition

  1. verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
  2. verb To give someone or something a name; to refer to something in a particular way.
  3. verb To pay a brief visit, or to stop at a place, especially a ship stopping at a port.
  4. verb To predict or officially declare an outcome.
  5. noun An act of speaking to someone on the phone.

knell — full definition

  1. verb To ring a bell slowly and solemnly, especially to mark a death or funeral.
  2. noun A slow, solemn ringing of a bell, especially to announce a death; more broadly, a sign that something is coming to an end.

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