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oppløse, oppløyse

verbverb

to dissolve · to break up, to disband · to annul, to abolish

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. få et stoff til å blande seg med et annet stoff, særlig en væske, slik at det blir en ensartet blanding;
    løse opp (1)to dissolve
    to make a substance mix with another substance, especially a liquid, so that it forms a uniform mixture;
    to dissolveløse opp (1)
    • oppløse sukker i vann to dissolve sugar in water
    • pulveret ble oppløst i vann the powder was dissolved in water
    • sukkerbiten oppløste seg i tevannet the sugar cube dissolved in the tea
  2. få til å skille seg i mindre bestanddeler;
    løse opp (2)to break up, dekomponereto decompose
    to make something separate into smaller components;
    to break upløse opp (2), to decomposedekomponere
    • forsamlingen skal oppløses i grupper the assembly is to be split into groups
  3. sette ut av kraft, gjøre slutt på;
    oppheveto repeal, to abolish · to annul, to cancel, heve (4)to terminate, avslutte (1)to conclude
    to annul, to put an end to;
    to abolishoppheve, to terminateheve (4), to concludeavslutte (1)
    • oppløse Stortinget to dissolve the Storting
    • unionen ble oppløst the union was dissolved
    • oppløse et ekteskap to dissolve a marriage
  4. gi fri fra militærtjeneste;
    demobilisereto demobilise
    to release from military service;
    to demobilisedemobilisere
    • kapteinene oppløste avdelingen the captains disbanded the unit
  5. brytes ned, gå i forråtnelse;
    råtneto rot
    to break down, to decompose;
    to rotråtne
    • liket var sterkt oppløst the body was badly decomposed
  6. forsvinne litt og litt;
    forvitreto disintegrate
    to disappear little by little;
    to disintegrateforvitre
    • hun fryktet at kjærligheten deres skulle oppløse seg og forsvinne for alltid she feared their love would dissolve and vanish for ever

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

oppløse et tall i sine enkelte faktorer skrive i produktform to write as a product Eng. phraseto factorise a number
  • tallet 16 oppløst i sine enkelte faktorer blir: 2 x 2 x 3 the number 16 broken down into its individual factors is: 2 x 2 x 3
være oppløst i tårer være preget av langvarig gråt;
være forgråtttear-stained
to be marked by prolonged crying;
to be tear-stainedforgrått
Eng. phraseto be in floods of tears
  • barnet var fullstendig oppløst i tårer the child was in floods of tears