Meaning of atrast | Babel Free
[atɾast]Definitions
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to find (to get, by searching, something that had been lost, or something necessary, desired) transitive
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to find, to discover (something hidden or not directly accessible; something forgotten, left somewhere) transitive
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to find, to discover, to invent; to determine, to deduce, to calculate transitive
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to find (to choose mentally, e.g. words, means, etc.) transitive
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to find (to dedicate, to use for some purpose) transitive
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to find, to meet, to see (to see that someone or something is somewhere, doing something, in a certain state) transitive
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to find, to see, to perceive transitive
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to find, to get, to obtain, to have transitive
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to wean, to lose a connection, a habit intransitive
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to lose a skill, an ability; to grow unaccustomed intransitive
Examples
“atrast pazaudēto atslēgu”
to find the lost key
“atrast pazudušo teātra biļeti”
to find the lost theater tickets
“atrast noklīdušos jērus”
to find the lost lambs
“atrast nomaldījušos slēpotājus”
to find the skiers that had got lost
“atrast piemērot dzīvokli”
to find a suitable apartment
“atrast vajadzīgo ielu”
to find the desired street
“atrast patīkamu darbu”
to find a nice job
“atrast darbam piemērotu cilvēku”
to find the right person for the job
“atrast diamantus taigā”
to find diamants in the taiga
“atrast kļūdas skolnieka darbā”
to find errors in a student's work
“atrast uz ielas naudas maku”
to find a wallet on the street
“atrast autobusā aizmirstu lietussargu”
to find a forgotten umbrella in the bus
“Riņņu kalnā atrasta visvecākā cilvēku apmetne Latvijā”
on the Riņņu mountain (was) found the oldest human settlements in Latvia
“atrast jaunu ķīmisku savienojumu”
to find a new chemical compound
“atrast jaunas darbas metodes”
to find new work methods
“atrast vairāku skaitļu summu”
to find the sum of several numbers
“atrast kopējo saucēju daļskaitļiem”
to find the common denominator of fractions
“atrast izeju sarežģītā situacijā”
to find one's way out in a difficult situation
“atrast motivāciju savam lēmumam”
to find a motivation for one's decision
“atrast attaisnojumu biedra rīcībai”
to find an excuse for a colleague's actions
“atrast īstos vārdus, īsto atbildi”
to find the right words, the right answer
“atrast pareizo pieeju katram bērnam”
to find the right approach for every child
“atrast brīvu brīdi”
to find a free moment (for something)
“viens vai otrs no Augusta draugiem arvien atrada laiku viņu visur pavadīt”
one or other of Augsts' friends always found time to accompany him everywhere
“atrast paziņu mājās”
to find a friend at home
“atrast bērnu guļam”
to find the child sleeping
“kādu vakaru Gijo atrada dzīvokli tukšu”
one night Gijo found the apartment empty
“atrast daudz vērtīga sava drauga raksturā”
to find a lot of valuable (features) in a friend's character
“daudz asas ironijas atrodam E. Veidenbauma satīriskajā dzejā”
we find a lot of sharp irony in E. Veidenbaums' satirical poetry
“atrast piekritējus”
to find adherents, followers
“atrast glābiņu, atbalsi”
to find refuge, support
“atrast prieku darbā”
to find joy in work
“atrast laimi ģimenē”
to find happiness in (one's) family
“pie krieviem atradām mēs draugus, palīgus”
among the Russians we found friends, helpers
“atradusi ar ko spēlēties”
(she) found something to play with
“atrast no mājām”
to wean from home
“šķiroties man vecāku nebija ne drusciņ žēl: biju it jautrs, smējos, lēkāju ap kamanām, tā ka vecmāmuļa piezīmēja: “lūk, nu, meit, kur drīz tavs dēls no tevis atradis””
I wasn't sorry because of my parents' divorce: I was cheerful, I laughed, jumped around the sleigh, so that my grandmother observed: “look, daughter, there he soon will wean from you”
“rokas atradušas no smaga darba”
hands (that have) grown unaccustomed to heavy work
“karavīri iegāja mežā un sāka kāpt kalnā; tas nebija viegli, jo kājas bija atradušas staigāt”
the soldiers went into the forest and began to climb the hill; this was not easy, because (their) legs had become unaccustomed to walking
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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