avslutte

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish afslutte, a compound word of av (“off”) and slutte (“close”), conclude, finish), probably a loan-translation from Middle Low German (compare with German abschließen). Compare to Swedish avsluta. === Verb === avslutte (imperative avslutt, present tense avslutter, passive avsluttes, simple past and past participle avsluttet or avslutta, present participle avsluttende) to finish, end, conclude De valgte å avslutte forholdet. They chose to end the relationship. Gudstjenesten ble avsluttet med stille bønn. The (church) service was concluded with a silent prayer. Løperen startet rolig men avsluttet med en kjempespurt. The runner started out slowly but finished with a huge spurt. complete, to close (shut down, bring to a state of completion) Endelig fikk de avsluttet handelen. They finally closed the deal. Hvordan avslutter man dette programmet? How do you close this program? ==== Synonyms ==== (finish, end) avrunde, ende, komme sist, runde av, saldere, tilendebringe (complete, close) besegle, bli ferdig med, fullende, fullbyrde, legge siste hånd på, bringe i havn ==== Derived terms ==== avsluttende (adjective) avslutning ==== Related terms ==== slutte av === References === “avslutte” in The Ordnett Dictionary “avslutte” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === avslutte (present tense avsluttar, past tense avslutta, past participle avslutta, present participle avsluttande, imperative avslutt) e-infinitive form of avslutta (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive) === References === “avslutte” in The Ordnett Dictionary “avslutte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.