навести́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• call verb To contact someone by phone, or to cry out or shout to get attention.
• see verb To perceive something with the eyes.
• visit verb To go and see a person or place, usually briefly.

Senses

навести́ть is used for these senses in English:

• call To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
• visit (transitive) To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) [from 13th c.]

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.

see — full definition

1. verb To perceive something with the eyes.
2. verb To understand or realize something.
3. verb To meet someone socially, romantically, or professionally.
4. verb To make sure something happens.
5. noun The area or authority overseen by a bishop or archbishop.

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