lete, leite homograph 3
verbverbto look for · to search
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EtymologyOpphav
norrønt leita, av líta ‘se, skue’ Old Norse leita, from líta ‘to see, to behold’Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk
søke, prøve å finne;
se etter noe to search, to try to find;
to look for something
se etter noe to search, to try to find;
to look for something
- lete etter nøklene to look for the keys
- lete etter ordene to grope for words
- vi har lett overalt we have looked everywhere
- maken til jente skal en lete lenge etter you'd have to look far and wide to find a girl like her
- lete opp et godt bærsted to seek out a good berry-picking spot
- politiet leter etter en savnet person the police are searching for a missing person
- de lette lenge før de fant rett sted they searched for a long time before they found the right place
- lete fram gamle fotografier to dig out old photographs
- lete seg fram til riktig husnummer to feel one's way to the right house number