calcar — meaning in English

English meaning

• borrow verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
• trace noun A small mark, sign, or amount left behind that shows something existed or happened.
• transfer verb To move something from one place, person, or thing to another.

Senses

calcar is used for these senses in English:

• borrow (arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
• calque (linguistics, translation studies, transitive) To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.
• trace An act of tracing.
• trace (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
• transfer (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.

borrow — full definition

1. verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
2. verb To adopt an idea, word, or style from somewhere else and use it as your own.

trace — full definition

1. noun A small mark, sign, or amount left behind that shows something existed or happened.
2. noun A very small quantity of something.
3. verb To find the origin or path of something by following evidence.
4. verb To copy a drawing by following its lines through thin, see-through paper.

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