schließen

Definitions of schließen
  1. verb
    close in; darkness enclosed him"
    synonyms: bergen, halten
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    beinhalten, enthalten, fassen
    contain or hold; have within
  2. verb
    move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
    synonyms: zumachen
    zumachen
    become closed
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    aufmachen, öffnen
    cause to open or to become open
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    zuballern, zuknallen
    close violently
  3. verb
    become closed
    synonyms: zumachen
    zumachen
    move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
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    aufgehen, öffnen
    become open
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    verwandeln, verändern, wandeln, ändern
    undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
  4. verb
    finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
    synonyms: zumachen
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    beenden, beendigen, enden, terminieren
    bring to an end or halt
  5. verb
    come to a close
    synonyms: zumachen
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    enden, stehen
    have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
  6. verb
    conclude by reasoning; in logic
  7. verb
    form a critical opinion of
    synonyms: begutachten, beurteilen, bilden, urteilen
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    abstufen, gradieren, plazieren
    assign a rank or rating to
    befürworten
    judge to be right or commendable; think well of
    ausbuhen, missbilligen, mißbilligen
    consider bad or wrong
    präjudizieren, vorgreifen
    judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence
    auswerten, bewerten, einschätzen, werten
    evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
    ablehnen, abweisen, zurückweisen
    refuse to accept or acknowledge
    anerkennen, annehmen
    consider or hold as true
    denken, glauben, meinen
    judge or regard; look upon; judge
    abhängen, ankommen, ausrechnen, gehören, kalkulieren, rechnen, richten, zählen
    judge to be probable
    erwarten, gewärtigen, vorwegnehmen
    regard something as probable or likely
    zuordnen, zuschreiben
    attribute or credit to
    ansprechen
    declare to be
    überprüfen
    put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
    adaptieren
    take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
    annehmen, denken, dünken, meinen, unterstellen
    expect, believe, or suppose
    anmaßen, annehmen, ausgehen, mutmaßen, schätzen, vermuten, wähnen
    take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
    spekulieren
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
    unterordnen
    rank or order as less important or consider of less value
    aufwerten
    rate higher; raise in value or esteem
    abkaufen, abnehmen, glauben
    accept as true; take to be true
    sehen, zählen
    look on as or consider
    ansehen, auffassen, betrachten, denken, erachten, halten, nehmen, sehen
    deem to be
    berücksichtigen, dazuzählen
    allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
    verinnerlichen
    incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
    lossagen, ächten
    cast off
    abtun, abwehren, abweisen, abwinken, missachten, mißachten, pfeifen
    bar from attention or consideration
    dagegenhalten, einwenden, entgegenhalten
    express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
    zugeben
    declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
    loben, lobpreisen, preisen
    express approval of
    begutachten
    pronounce judgment on
    achten, honorieren
    show respect towards
    abmelden, absagen, aufheben
    declare null and void; make ineffective
    verifizieren
    check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
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    verarbeiten
    use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
  8. verb
    decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
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    induzieren
    reason or establish by induction
    ableiten, deduzieren, erschließen, folgern, herleiten, zurückführen
    reason by deduction; establish by deduction
    befinden, finden, schwanen
    come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
    ersehen
    conclude from evidence
    rückschließen
    derive by reason
    type of:
    verarbeiten
    use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
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