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discurrir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • contrive verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
  • devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
  • envision verb To imagine something as a future possibility, often in vivid detail.
  • ponder verb To think about something carefully and for a long time.
  • reflect verb To bounce light, sound, or an image back off a surface.
  • unfold verb To open out something that was folded.

Senses

discurrir is used for these senses in English:

  • come up with (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
  • devise (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
  • elapse (intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
  • envision (transitive) To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
  • play out (intransitive) To occur or develop in a certain manner.
  • reflect (intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
  • think up (idiomatic) To create in one’s mind; to invent.
  • unfold (intransitive) To turn out; to happen; to develop.

contrive — full definition

  1. verb To invent by an exercise of ingeniosity; to devise
  2. verb To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
  3. verb To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
  4. verb To spend (time, or a period).

devise — full definition

  1. verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
  2. verb To leave real estate to someone in a will.

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