slutte

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. ikke lenger fortsette med;
   holde opp med;
   ta slutt to no longer continue with;
   to cease;
   to come to an end
   • slutte av for dagen to finish for the day
   • hun har sluttet å drikke she has stopped drinking
   • jeg vil slutte i jobben I want to quit my job
   • skolen slutter 20. juni school ends on 20 June
2. gjøre ferdig;
   ende to finish;
   to end
   • slutte møtet med en appell to close the meeting with an appeal
3. være tett inntil;
   legge seg stramt omkring;
   sitte, passe to lie close against;
   to close snugly around;
   to sit, to fit
   • vinduet slutter tett til karmen the window fits tightly against the frame
   • skoen slutter godt rundt foten the shoe fits the foot well
4. danne, samle to form, to gather
   • slutte en ubrytelig ring rundt noe to form an unbreakable ring around something
   brukt som adjektiv: used as an adjective:

   • gå i sluttet tropp to march in close formation
   • arrangementer for sluttede selskaper events for private parties
5. binde sammen;
   lukke et kretsløp eller lignende to join together;
   to close a circuit or the like
   • bryteren skal kunne slutte og bryte strømmen the switch must be able to make and break the current
   brukt som adjektiv: used as an adjective:

   • en sluttet strømkrets a closed electrical circuit
6. bli enige om;
   avtale;
   inngå (2)to enter into to agree on;
   to arrange;
   to enter intoinngå (2)
   • slutte en kontrakt to conclude a contract
   • slutte fred to make peace
   • ha lett for å slutte vennskap to make friends easily
7. inngå kontrakt om to contract for
   • slutte skip to charter a ship
   • bruke mekler for å slutte fraktene to use a broker to arrange the freight contracts
8. utledeto deduce, to infer, to derive;
   konkludere to deduceutlede;
   to conclude
   • slutte fra det kjente til det ukjente to reason from the known to the unknown

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