verb
Meaning 1
To busy oneself with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
go about
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verb
Meaning 2
To tackle (a problem or task).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To circulate (in).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To change from one tack to another. See :Wikipedia:Tack (maneuver).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
begin to deal with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- approach a task
- go about a difficult problem
- approach a new project
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: set about, approach
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, move
Narrower terms: confront, face up, face
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Irish: bí i mbun — to busy oneself with
- Polish: zajmować się — to busy oneself with
- Polish: zająć się — to busy oneself with
- Dutch: aanpakken — to tackle
- German: anpacken — to tackle
- Polish: zajmować się — to tackle
- Polish: zająć się — to tackle
- Spanish: abordar — to tackle
- Spanish: encarar — to tackle
- Swedish: gå till väga — to tackle
- Dutch: rondgaan — to circulate (in)
- Dutch: rondlopen — to circulate (in)
- Dutch: de ronde doen — to circulate (in)
- Polish: krążyć — to circulate (in)
- Polish: rozprzestrzeniać się — to circulate (in)
- Polish: rozprzestrzenić się — to circulate (in)
- Russian: циркули́ровать (cirkulírovatʹ) — to circulate (in)
- Hebrew: פָּקַם (pakām) — to change from one tack to another
- Polish: robić zwrot przez sztag — to change from one tack to another
- Polish: zrobić zwrot przez sztag — to change from one tack to another