toimenpide.
action, operation, measure, procedure (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
Meaning & usage
action, operation, measure, procedure (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
On ryhdyttävä toimenpiteisiin ennen kuin on liian myöhäistä!
Hammaspesu on tärkeä toimenpide karieksen torjumiseksi.
procedure, operation, intervention (action taken or procedure performed; an operation)
Toimenpide ei onnistunut ja potilas menehtyi.
Where this word comes from
toimen (“of an action or deed”, genitive) + pitää (“to hold, keep”) + -e, coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in 1820 in the newspaper Turun Wiikko-Sanomat.
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