megismer

meg- +‎ ismer

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: meg‧is‧mer
• Rhymes: -ɛr

megismer

1. (transitive) to become acquainted or familiar with something, to get to know something

   A kisgyereket leköti, amint megismeri a világot. ― The little child is absorbed in getting to know the world.

2. (transitive) to recognize someone or something, to tell (to discern, notice, identify or distinguish)

   Synonyms: felismer, ráismer

   Megismerte a nadrágot: Pistáé volt, az övé volt elszakadva a bal térdénél. ― S/he recognized the pants: they belonged to Steve; those had a tear at the left knee.

3. (transitive) to get to know someone, to make someone's acquaintance, to meet someone (to get acquainted with someone)

   Synonyms: megismerkedik, összeismerkedik

   Örülök, hogy megismertelek. ― It was nice to meet you. (literally, “I'm glad I could get to know you.”)

4. (transitive) to find someone to have some trait (to discover that, to form the opinion that, with -nak/-nek, normally based on meeting that person)

   Jó embernek ismertem meg. ― I found him/her to be a good person.

5. (transitive, archaic) to have sexual relations with, to know
   • Biblia. Szent István Társulat fordítása (’Bible; translation by St. Stephen Association’), Genesis 4:1:

     Az ember megismerte feleségét, Évát, ez fogant, megszülte Kaint, és így szólt: „Isten segítségével embert hoztam a világra.”

     Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.”

• megismer in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.