представити

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From пред- +‎ ставити.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /prědstaʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: пред‧ста‧ви‧ти

Verb

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прѐдставити pf (Latin spelling prèdstaviti)

  1. (transitive) to present, portray, describe (thing, situation etc.)
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to introduce, present (person)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Probably a calque of German vorstellen, possibly via Polish przedstawić. By surface analysis, пред- (pred-) +‎ ста́вити (stávyty). Compare Russian предста́вить (predstávitʹ), Belarusian прадста́віць (pradstávicʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pred͡zˈstaʋete]
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Verb

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предста́вити (predstávytypf (imperfective представля́ти) (transitive)

  1. to introduce, to present (cause (someone) to be acquainted; bring into the presence of others)
    Synonym: познайо́мити pf (poznajómyty)
  2. to represent (be a representative of)
    Synonym: репрезентува́ти pf (reprezentuváty)
  3. to present, to represent, to depict (render a representation of)
    Synonyms: відобрази́ти pf (vidobrazýty), змалюва́ти pf (zmaljuváty), зобрази́ти pf (zobrazýty)
  4. to recommend, to put forward (somebody for an official award)
    Synonyms: відрекомендува́ти pf (vidrekomenduváty), порекомендува́ти pf (porekomenduváty), рекомендува́ти pf (rekomenduváty)

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