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etterligne, etterlikne

verbverb

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. ta noe eller noen som forbilde;
    ape etter;
    imitereto imitate
    to take something or someone as a model;
    to ape;
    to imitateimitere
    • etterligne sagastilen to emulate the saga style
    • han etterligner storebroren sin he copies his big brother
    • alle lo da hun etterlignet læreren everyone laughed when she mimicked the teacher
  2. fastsette skatt etter at den ordinære ligningen (1)tax assessment er foretatt to assess tax after the ordinary tax assessmentligningen (1) has been carried out
    • de vil bli etterlignet for tre år they will be retrospectively assessed for tax for three years