kerekít

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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kerek (round) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛrɛkiːt]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧re‧kít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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kerekít

  1. (transitive) to round (to shape something into a curve)
  2. (transitive, arithmetic) to round (to something: -ra/-re) (to approximate a number)
    a kerekítendő számthe number to be rounded
    Kerekítsd a számot a meghatározott pontosságra.Round the number to the predefined accuracy.
  3. (transitive, figuratively, of speech, writing) to improvise, extemporize (to create a speech or written text in an impromptu manner)
    Synonyms: kapásból készít, rögtönöz

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kerekít in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN