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Results for: "key"

Translating from English to German

Translations:

key — device designed to open and close a lock
→ Schlüssel m
key — button on a typewriter or computer keyboard
→ Taste f
key — part of a piano or musical keyboard
→ Taste f

More translations:

key
→ Schlüssel
key
→ Lösung
key
→ Taste
key
→ Klang
key
→ Ton
key
→ passen
key
→ einstellen
key
→ justieren schlüssel ausstellen
key
→ Schlüssel- (Figur, usw.)
key
→ prinzipiell
key
→ zentral
key
→ wichtig
key
→ lebenswichtig
key
→ Tonart
key
→ Zeichenerklärung (z.B. auf Landkarten)
key
→ Bolzen
key
→ Autoschlüssel
key
→ Computertaste
key
→ Passfeder
key
→ Rücktaste
key
→ Tonalität
key
→ Zeichenerklärung

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 15

  1. metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

  2. something crucial for explaining

    • “the key to development is economic integration”

  3. pitch of the voice

    • “he spoke in a low key”
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  1. any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

    Synonymstonality

  2. a kilogram of a narcotic drug

    • “they were carrying two keys of heroin”

  3. a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

    Synonymssamarakey fruit

  4. United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

    SynonymsFrancis Scott Key

  5. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

    SynonymscayFlorida key

  6. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

    • “he hit a jump shot from the top of the key”
    • “he dominates play in the paint”
    Synonymspaint

  7. a list of answers to a test

    • “some students had stolen the key to the final exam”

  8. a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

  9. a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

    • “a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it”

  10. mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

    Synonymswinder

  11. the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

    Synonymskeystoneheadstone

  12. a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

VERB 5

  1. identify as in botany or biology, for example

    Synonymsidentifydiscoverkey outdistinguishdescribename

  2. provide with a key

    • “We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building”

  3. vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

    • “His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot”
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  1. regulate the musical pitch of

  2. harmonize with or adjust to; prevailing attitude"

    • “key one's actions to the voters'”

ADJECTIVE 1

  1. serving as an essential component

    • “a cardinal rule”
    • “the central cause of the problem”
    • “an example that was fundamental to the argument”
    • “computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure”
    Synonymscardinalcentralfundamentalprimal