flat

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. lite eller ikke skrånende;
   vannrett (II)level, horisontal (II)horizontal sloping little or not at all;
   levelvannrett (II), horizontalhorisontal (II)
   • flat mark flat ground
   • se utover det flate landskapet to look out over the flat landscape
   • huset har flatt tak the house has a flat roof
   • veien var nokså flat the road was fairly flat
   • sende en flat pasning to play a pass along the ground
   brukt som adverb used as an adverb

   • hun ligger flatt på ryggen she is lying flat on her back
2. uten store forhøyninger eller fordypninger;
   jevn (1)even, slett (II, 1)smooth, plan (III)level · flat · plane without any great rises or hollows;
   evenjevn (1), smoothslett (II, 1), levelplan (III)
   • sitte på en flat stein to sit on a flat rock
   • en pram med flat bunn a dinghy with a flat bottom
   • flat som et stuegulv as flat as a living-room floor
   • slå med flat hånd to strike with the flat of one's hand
3. tynn og bred;
   skiveformet thin and broad;
   disc-shaped
   • en flat fisk a flatfish
   brukt som adverb used as an adverb

   • bli klemt flat to be squashed flat
   • jeg skal slå deg flat! I'll knock you flat!
4. forlegenabashed, bryddembarrassed, self-conscious, flau (2)sheepish abashedforlegen, embarrassedbrydd, sheepishflau (2)
   • hun ble nokså flat da hun fikk høre det she was quite embarrassed when she heard about it
5. plattcrass, unrefined, åndløssoulless, banalbanal crass, unrefinedplatt, soullessåndløs, banalbanal
   • flate revytekster insipid revue lyrics
6. med høy grad av likestilling og deltagelse i stedet for underordning;
   til forskjell fra hierarkiskhierarchical with a high degree of equality and participation instead of subordination;
   as opposed to hierarchicalhierarkisk
   • flat organisering på arbeidsplassen a flat organisation of the workplace
   • den nye lederen varsler en flatere struktur the new manager is signalling a flatter structure
7. om avgift, skatt eller lignende: som blir beregnet etter en fast prosentsats;
   til forskjell fra progressiv (2)progressive (steadily increasing) of a fee, tax or the like: calculated at a fixed percentage rate;
   as opposed to progressive (steadily increasing)progressiv (2)
   • flat skatt a flat tax
   • flat beskatning flat-rate taxation
   • flate avgifter flat charges

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