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1 to a certain extent / to some extent
(partly but not completely.) egy bizonyos fokigEnglish-Hungarian dictionary > to a certain extent / to some extent
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2 extent
méret, mérték, fok, nagyság* * *[-t]1) (the area or length to which something extends: The bird's wings measured 20 centimetres at their fullest extent; The garden is nearly a kilometre in extent; A vast extent of grassland.) kiterjedés2) (amount; degree: What is the extent of the damage?; To what extent can we trust him?) mérték• -
3 some
egy bizonyos, egyes, néhány, mintegy, némely, némi* * *1. pronoun, adjective1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) néhány2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) némely3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) egy kevés4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) (egy) bizonyos2. adjective1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) valamelyes2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) valami(féle)3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) körülbelül, mintegy3. adverb((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) némileg- somebody- someday
- somehow
- someone
- something
- sometime
- sometimes
- somewhat
- somewhere
- mean something
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- something like
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4 partly
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5 quite
1. adverb1) (completely; entirely: This is quite impossible.) egész(en)2) (fairly; rather; to a certain extent: It's quite warm today; He's quite a good artist; I quite like the idea.) meglehetősen2. interjection(exactly; indeed; I agree: `I think he is being unfair to her.' `Quite'.) meglehetősen -
6 rather
egy kicsit, eléggé, inkább, egy kevéssé* * *1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) meglehetősen2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) inkább, szívesebben3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) helyesebben; semmint; ahelyett, hogy -
7 sort of
(rather; in a way; to a certain extent: He was sort of peculiar!; I feel sort of worried about him.) valahogy -
8 wide
nagy kiterjedésű, tág, szélesen, messzire, széles* * *1. adjective1) (great in extent, especially from side to side: wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.) széles2) (being a certain distance from one side to the other: This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?) széles3) (great or large: He won by a wide margin.) nagy4) (covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: a wide experience of teaching.) széles körű2. adverb(with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) szélesre (kitár stb.)- widely- widen
- wideness
- width
- wide-ranging
- widespread
- give a wide berth to
- give a wide berth
- wide apart
- wide awake
- wide open
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