richten

Sentences
An user
We   moeten   onze   inspanningen   op
🆙
   die   doelstelling   richten .

That is what we should work towards.

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An user
Kan   je   de  spotjes  richten op   het   schilderij
🖼️
 ?

Can you focus the spots on the painting?

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An user
Laten   we   nu   onze   aandacht   vooral   richten op   het  mariene  milieu !

Let us make the marine environment the main focus of attention now!

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An user
De   achterliggende   redenen   om   dit   fonds   op
🆙
   te   richten   zijn   prijzenswaardig .

in writing. - The reasons for setting up this fund deserve our praise.

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An user
En   daarom   richten   we   onze   gemeenschappelijke   inspanningen  -  ik   herhaal   het  -  op
🆙
   preventie .

That is why we are focusing our common efforts, as I said, on prevention.

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Meaning

to direct, aim

Concepts

direct
aim
steer
guide
point
manage
level
sight

address

lay
set
train
🚋
vector
criticize
cover
menace
conform
vehicle
assault
spy
align
take aim
threaten
flatten out
trend
turn
helm
irritate
keep an eye on
Synonyms

mennen
besturen
C1
dirigeren
37k
mikken
C2
wenden
C2
Translations

richten
steuern
führen
diriger
dirigieren
puntare
zielen
apuntar
mirar
👀
apuntar
gerir
viser
governar
dirigir
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈrɪxtə(n)/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
richten
Inherited from Old Dutch
rihten
In summary

From Middle Dutch richten, from Old Dutch rihten, from Proto-West Germanic *rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną (“to right”), derived from *rehtaz (“right, straight”). Equivalent to recht (“right, straight”) + -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical i-mutation.

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