Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

meg- +‎ keres

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛkːɛrɛʃ]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧ke‧res
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Verb edit

megkeres

  1. (transitive) to look for, to seek (to look for something until one finds it)
  2. (transitive, archaic, folksy) to visit someone
    Synonyms: meglátogat, felkeres
  3. (transitive, formal) to approach (to make an official written request to authorities)
  4. (transitive) to find, find out (to discover the cause, solution, implementation options of something, as by asking, investigating, or experimenting)
  5. (transitive) to earn (to receive payment for work, here the payment is not less than a value of something)
    Megkeresett annyit, hogy kocsit tudjon venni.S/he earned enough to buy a car.

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Further reading edit

  • megkeres 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