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bestå — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • consist verb To be made up of particular parts or elements.
  • exist verb To be real; to have actual being.
  • linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.

Senses

bestå is used for these senses in English:

  • consist (archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.
  • exist (intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
  • linger (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

consist — full definition

  1. verb To be made up of particular parts or elements.
  2. noun A set of railway cars or carriages coupled together, with or without a locomotive.

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