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asema.

position, state, situation (status with regard to conditions and circumstances)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑsemɑ/[ˈɑ̝s̠e̞mɑ̝]
  1. position, state, situation (status with regard to conditions and circumstances)

    Olen sellaisessa asemassa, että en voi kritisoida presidenttiä julkisesti.
  2. status (person’s position or standing relative to that of others)

    Upseerin rouvalla on kunnioitettu asema varuskuntakaupungissa.
  3. station (stopping place for transportation, especially ground transportation or air transportation)

    rautatieasema
    linja-autoasema
  4. station (broadcasting entity)

  5. position (location or place used by troops)

    perääntyä asemista
    konekivääriasema
  6. drive (apparatus for reading and writing data, either integrated or not)

  7. position (full state of a chess game at any given turn)

  8. base, bottom (of a three-dimensional shape)

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *asën ~ *asëma, equivalent to asea (“to place”) (obsolete) + -ma

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