behest

behest

1. puolesta

Esimerkkejä:

at the behest of a foreign power

Synonyymisanakirja

behest

käsky, kehotus, määräys, komento.

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Englannin sanakirja

behest (englanti > suomi)

1. käsky, määräys

behest englanniksi

1. A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request. (defdate)

2. 1977, w:Geoffrey Chaucer|Geoffrey Chaucer, w:The Canterbury Tales|The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Classics, p. 278:

Paul did not dare pronounce, let matters rest, / His master having given him no behest.

3. Sir Walter Scott

to do his master's high behest

4. 2007, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day:

And young Mr. Fleetwood Vibe was here at the behest of his father, Wall Street eminence Scarsdale Vibe, who was effectively bankrolling the Expedition.

5. 2009, “What a waste”, The Economist, 15 Oct 2009:

the House of Representatives will try to water down even this feeble effort at the behest of the unions whose members enjoy some of the most lavish policies.

6. 2011, Owen Gibson, The Guardian, 24 Mar 2011:

The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is to meet with the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, at the behest of the Premier League in a bid to resolve their long-running feud.

7. A vow; a promise.

8. Paston

The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.

9. puhekieltä To promise; vow.

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