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Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenSouthern England
  • UK:
    • IPA: /dɪˈvɒɫv/
  • GA:
KieliKäännökset
bulgariaпада се на, предавам (predávam), прехвърлям
espanjadelegar, devolver
italiadevolvere, decentralizzare, decentrare
latinadēvolvō
portugalidevolver
ranskadéléguer, déconcentrer
suomijättää, siirtää, jäädä, siirtyä, siirtyä perintönä
venäjäпереходить (perehodit), передавать (peredavat)

Määritelmät

Verbi

  1. (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
  2. (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
  3. (especially of a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.) To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).
  4. (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
  5. (especially of government authority) To shift or to be transferred from a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.
  6. (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down.
  7. (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll.

Esimerkit

  • every headlong stream / Devolves its winding waters to the main.
  • He spake of virtue […] And with […] a lack-lustre dead-blue eye, Devolved his rounded periods.
  • an accident […] rendered him permanently lame, and therefore unfitted him, in the opinion of his parents, to inherit his father's many titles, which, it was then arranged, should devolve upon his younger brother.
  • They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty.
  • An artful man became popular, the people had power in their hands, and they devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favourite […].
  • For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly devolved upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned.
  • A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match.
  • When a captain is killed or wounded, the command of a ship should devolve upon the first lieutenant.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektidevolved
Imperfektidevolved
Partisiipin preesensdevolving
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensdevolves

(especially of a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.) To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).

The Parliament of Åland

(intransitive) To degenerate; to break down.

Lamarck's theory of evolution involved a complexifying force that progressively drives animal body plans towards higher levels, creating a ladder of phyla, as well as an adaptive force that causes animals with a given body plan to adapt to circumstances. The idea of progress in such theories permits the opposite idea of decay, seen in devolution.

(especially of a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.) To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).

Holyrood (Scottish Parliament)