Latvian

Verb

apvienot tr., 2nd conj., pres. apvienoju, apvieno, apvieno, past apvienoju

1. to unite, to combine, bring together (to make a single whole from separate parts, elements)

   apvienot sīkas saimniecības lielākās‎ ― to combine small farms into larger ones

   šos darba procesus var apvienot‎ ― one can combine these work processes

   katra Šuberta dziesma kļuvusi par mazu psiholoģisku ainavu; šādas vokālās gleznas Šuberts dažkārt apvieno ciklā‎ ― every one of Schubert's songs became a small psychological landscape; Schubert sometimes combined such vocal paintings into a (single) cycle

2. to bring together organizationally, to unite, to join, to combine, to include

   apvienot spēkus‎ ― to join forces

   apvienot visus kopīgai cīņai‎ ― to unite everybody for the common fight

   tā bija viena no milzu fabrikām, kura apvienoja sevī tūkstošiem strādnieku‎ ― that ones one of the giant factories that combined, included in itself thousands of workers

3. to combine, to harmonize, to make work together

   apvienot darbu un mācības, darbu ar mācībām‎ ― to combine work and study

   apvienot derīgo ar patīkamo‎ ― to combine the useful and the pleasant

   profesors mācīja savus skolniekus apvienot gaumes un skaistuma izjūtu ar īstu kompozīcijas tehniku‎ ― the professor taught his students to combine taste and a feeling of beauty with true composition technique

Conjugation

Derived terms

• apvienoties

Related terms

• apvienība