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avistar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
  • sight noun The ability to see; vision.
  • spot noun A small mark or patch of a different color or texture on a surface.
  • spy noun A person who secretly gathers information about others, often for a government or rival organization.

Senses

avistar is used for these senses in English:

  • make out (transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. [from 16th c.]
  • sight (transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
  • spot (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
  • spy (transitive) To spot; to catch sight of; to espy.

make out — full definition

  1. verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
  2. verb To manage to see, hear or read something that is faint or unclear.
  3. verb To claim or suggest that something is the case, usually unfairly or falsely.
  4. verb To write out a cheque, form or document, especially by filling in a name.

sight — full definition

  1. noun The ability to see; vision.
  2. noun Something seen, especially something notable or worth looking at.
  3. noun A device on a weapon or instrument used to help aim it at a target.
  4. verb To see or spot something, often after searching for it.

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