Hungarian

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Etymology

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meg- +‎ szab

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛksɒb]
  • Hyphenation: meg‧szab
  • Rhymes: -ɒb

Verb

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megszab

  1. (transitive, a person or authority) to specify, determine, prescribe (to dictate the quantity, measure of something, such as price, terms, deadline, time, weight, volume, etc.)
    Synonym: meghatároz
    Az igazgató szabja meg a fizetést.The director determines the salary.
  2. (transitive, a person or authority or regulation) to order, prescribe, specify (to precisely define the course, method, purpose, direction of something)
    Synonym: előír
    A dokumentum megszabta a követendő eljárást.The document specified the procedure to be followed.
  3. (transitive, a fact or circumstance) to dictate (to necessarily determine the extent, manner, purpose, direction of something)
    Synonym: meghatároz
    A helyzet megszabta a következő lépést.The situation dictated the next step.

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Further reading

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  • megszab 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