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носи́тель — meaning in English

nositel

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English meaning

  • bearer noun A person or thing that carries or holds something.
  • Carrier noun A person, vehicle, or company that transports goods, passengers, or messages.
  • holder noun A person who owns, possesses, or is entitled to something, such as a ticket, title, or account.
  • host noun A person who welcomes and entertains guests, or who runs an event.
  • medium noun A method or channel used to communicate or express something.
  • speaker noun A device that converts electrical signals into sound.

Senses

носи́тель is used for these senses in English:

  • bearer One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
  • carrier A person or object that carries someone or something else.
  • carrier (genetics, pathology) A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
  • holder A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
  • host (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material, with respect to its cells.
  • medium A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.
  • speaker One who speaks.

bearer — full definition

  1. noun A person or thing that carries or holds something.
  2. noun The person named or holding a document such as a cheque, entitling them to payment.

Carrier — full definition

  1. noun A person, vehicle, or company that transports goods, passengers, or messages.
  2. noun Someone who carries and can transmit a disease or gene without necessarily showing symptoms.
  3. noun Short for "aircraft carrier," a warship built to launch and land airplanes.

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