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anta.

to assume, to suppose

4 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to assume, to suppose

    Anta att X är tre. Då är noll gånger X lika med noll.
    Om vi antar att han är skyldig så kommer det bli jäkligt svårt att få honom fälld
  2. to guess, to suppose

    Det kommer rök ur kaffebryggaren, så jag antar att det är dags att köpa en ny
  3. to accept an offer

    Schackspelaren antog erbjudandet om remi efter att ha funderat på det
  4. to accept (to a school, etc.)

    especially
    Jag har blivit antagen till Harvard!
Where this word comes from

Apocopic form of antaga, calqued from Middle Low German annemen or German annehmen. All compounds with the verb ta have gone through apocope and those forms are now the standard ones, see also avta/avtaga, inta/intaga and överta/övertaga. Cognate with Danish antage, Norwegian Bokmål anta, Norwegian Nynorsk anta, antake, antaka. Morphologically the same as native Swedish åta (åtaga) and English ontake.

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