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devir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  • cycle noun A series of events that repeats itself in the same order.
  • epoch noun A distinct period of time in history, especially one marked by particular events or characteristics.
  • era noun A period of time marked out by particular events, developments, or characteristics.
  • period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
  • reign noun The period of time during which a monarch rules.
  • rotation noun The action or process of turning around a centre or axis.
  • takeover noun The act of one company buying and gaining control of another.

Senses

devir is used for these senses in English:

  • age (countable, hyperbole) A long time.
  • epoch A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.
  • period The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. [from 17th c.]
  • reign The exercise of sovereign power.
  • reign The period during which a monarch rules.
  • rotation (chiefly, uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
  • rotation (finance) Тhe movement of investments between different sectors of an economy, or styles of investing, based on anticipated changes in the economic or market cycle.
  • takeover (economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.

age — full definition

  1. noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  2. noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
  3. noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
  4. verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.

cycle — full definition

  1. noun A series of events that repeats itself in the same order.
  2. noun A pedal-powered vehicle such as a bicycle, tricycle, or unicycle.
  3. verb To ride a bicycle or similar vehicle.
  4. verb To go through a repeating series of stages, or to turn a device off and back on.

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