Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

kerek (round) +‎ -ít (verb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛrɛkiːt]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧re‧kít
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb edit

kerekít

  1. (transitive) to round (to shape something into a curve)
  2. (transitive, arithmetic) to round (to something: -ra/-re) (to approximate a number)
    a kerekítendő számthe number to be rounded
    Kerekítsd a számot a meghatározott pontosságra.Round the number to the predefined accuracy.
  3. (transitive, figuratively, of speech, writing) to improvise, extemporize (to create a speech or written text in an impromptu manner)
    Synonyms: kapásból készít, rögtönöz

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

(With verbal prefixes):

Further reading edit

  • kerekít in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN