"deal with" meaning in All languages combined

See deal with on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-deal with.ogg [US] Forms: deals with [present, singular, third-person], dealing with [participle, present], dealt with [participle, past], dealt with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|deal<,,dealt> with}} deal with (third-person singular simple present deals with, present participle dealing with, simple past and past participle dealt with)
  1. (transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject. Tags: transitive Synonyms: address, cover, handle, plough, treat Translations (handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression): behandelen (Dutch), käsitlema (Estonian), käsitellä (Finnish), traiter (French), behandeln (German), pléigh le (Irish), handle om (Norwegian), tratar (Spanish), ocuparse (Spanish), behandla (Swedish), handla om (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deal_with-en-verb-z2iCkThN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (with) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 36 2 35 7 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 21 28 5 29 11 6 Disambiguation of 'handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression': 82 6 0 4 5 3
  2. (transitive) To take action with respect to (someone or something). Tags: transitive Synonyms: engage, handle, take on, work Translations (take action with respect to (someone or something)): behandelen (Dutch), hoitaa (Finnish), käsitellä (Finnish), avoir affaire à (French), aborder (French), გამკლავება (gamḳlaveba) (Georgian), sich auseinandersetzen mit (German), pléigh le (Irish), fare i conti (Italian), tractō (Latin), souongni dé (Norman), ātēon (Old English), załatwiać [imperfective] (Polish), załatwić [perfective] (Polish), lidar (Portuguese), справляться с (spravlját’sja s) (Russian), tratar (Spanish), ta hand om (Swedish), ta itu med (Swedish), ta tag i (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deal_with-en-verb-MK~efe6U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (with) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 36 2 35 7 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 21 28 5 29 11 6 Disambiguation of 'take action with respect to (someone or something)': 2 86 2 6 3 1
  3. (transitive) To consider, as an example. Tags: transitive Synonyms: consider, look at, take Translations (consider, as of an example): rozważać [imperfective] (Polish), rozważyć [perfective] (Polish), rozpatrywać [imperfective] (Polish), rozpatrzyć [perfective] (Polish), рассма́тривать (rassmátrivatʹ) (Russian), beakta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deal_with-en-verb-OzsfUUgG Disambiguation of 'consider, as of an example': 3 3 86 3 4 1
  4. (transitive) To come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by. Tags: transitive Synonyms: come to terms with, contend with, cope with, get by with, grapple with, make do with, make out with, manage with Translations (come to terms with successfully): leve med (Danish), forlige sig (Danish), gérer (French), radzić sobie [imperfective] (Polish), poradzić sobie [perfective] (Polish), tratar con (Spanish), hantera (Swedish), klara av (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deal_with-en-verb-lQj-5~Zf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (with) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 36 2 35 7 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 21 28 5 29 11 6 Disambiguation of 'come to terms with successfully': 3 9 1 81 3 2
  5. (transitive) To be in charge of, act on, or dispose of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: care for, handle, look after, manage, take care of Translations (be in charge of, act on or dispose of): hantera (Swedish), behandla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deal_with-en-verb-r28cdobi Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (with) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 21 28 5 29 11 6 Disambiguation of 'be in charge of, act on or dispose of': 2 2 1 2 90 2
  6. (transitive) To behave in a certain way towards. Tags: transitive Synonyms: interact with Translations (behave in a certain way towards): omgaan met (Dutch), поступать с (postupát’ s) (Russian), tratar (Spanish), behandla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deal_with-en-verb-R0Zwj5Px Disambiguation of 'behave in a certain way towards': 3 2 1 3 4 88

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for deal with meaning in All languages combined (12.8kB)

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          "ref": "1964 September, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 220",
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          "text": "Let us deal with the case of China.",
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        "To consider, as an example."
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        "(transitive) To consider, as an example."
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        "To behave in a certain way towards."
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        "(transitive) To behave in a certain way towards."
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          "word": "omgaan met"
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          "sense": "behave in a certain way towards",
          "word": "поступать с"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "behave in a certain way towards",
          "word": "tratar"
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          "_dis1": "3 2 1 3 4 88",
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          "sense": "behave in a certain way towards",
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    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (with)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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          "text": "This book deals with incest.",
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          "ref": "1950 January, “Monthly Publication Resumed”, in Railway Magazine, page 1",
          "text": "With the return to monthly publication it is our intention to extend the variety of subjects dealt with, and it will also be possible to attain greater topicality.",
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        "(transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject."
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          "word": "address"
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        {
          "word": "cover"
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          "word": "handle"
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        {
          "word": "plough"
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        {
          "word": "treat"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964 September, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 220",
          "text": "Work on anti-frost precautions on diesel locomotives is to be speeded up to ensure that most if not all locomotives have been dealt with before the winter sets in.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848",
          "text": "It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "To take action with respect to (someone or something)."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To take action with respect to (someone or something)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "engage"
        },
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          "word": "handle"
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        {
          "word": "take on"
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        {
          "word": "work"
        }
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          "text": "Let us deal with the case of China.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To consider, as an example."
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        {
          "word": "consider"
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        {
          "word": "look at"
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        {
          "word": "take"
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "We deal with having just a gallon of gas.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "Thankfully he'd dealt with such issues before, so he had all the necessary experience.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by."
      ],
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          "word": "come to terms with"
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        {
          "word": "contend with"
        },
        {
          "word": "cope with"
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        {
          "word": "get by with"
        },
        {
          "word": "grapple with"
        },
        {
          "word": "make do with"
        },
        {
          "word": "make out with"
        },
        {
          "word": "manage with"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I can deal with this crew of workers.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be in charge of, act on, or dispose of."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To be in charge of, act on, or dispose of."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "care for"
        },
        {
          "word": "handle"
        },
        {
          "word": "look after"
        },
        {
          "word": "manage"
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        {
          "word": "take care of"
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        "transitive"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He deals fairly with his employees.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To behave in a certain way towards."
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        "(transitive) To behave in a certain way towards."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "interact with"
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/En-us-deal_with.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "behandelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "käsitlema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "käsitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "traiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "behandeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "pléigh le"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "handle om"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "tratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "ocuparse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "behandla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
      "word": "handla om"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "behandelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "hoitaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "käsitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "avoir affaire à"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "aborder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamḳlaveba",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "გამკლავება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "sich auseinandersetzen mit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "pléigh le"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "fare i conti"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "tractō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "souongni dé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "ātēon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "załatwiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "załatwić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "lidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spravlját’sja s",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "справляться с"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "tratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "ta hand om"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "ta itu med"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "take action with respect to (someone or something)",
      "word": "ta tag i"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consider, as of an example",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozważać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consider, as of an example",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozważyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consider, as of an example",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpatrywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consider, as of an example",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpatrzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rassmátrivatʹ",
      "sense": "consider, as of an example",
      "word": "рассма́тривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "consider, as of an example",
      "word": "beakta"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "come to terms with successfully",
      "word": "leve med"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "come to terms with successfully",
      "word": "forlige sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "come to terms with successfully",
      "word": "gérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "come to terms with successfully",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "radzić sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "come to terms with successfully",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poradzić sobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "come to terms with successfully",
      "word": "tratar con"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "come to terms with successfully",
      "word": "hantera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "come to terms with successfully",
      "word": "klara av"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be in charge of, act on or dispose of",
      "word": "hantera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be in charge of, act on or dispose of",
      "word": "behandla"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behave in a certain way towards",
      "word": "omgaan met"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postupát’ s",
      "sense": "behave in a certain way towards",
      "word": "поступать с"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behave in a certain way towards",
      "word": "tratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "behave in a certain way towards",
      "word": "behandla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deal with"
}

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