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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

착수하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chaksuhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tackle/ˈtæk.əl/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 이 과제를 적극적으로 해결해야 한다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make determined efforts to deal with a difficult problem or task.

    "She decided to tackle the complex accounting task first thing in the morning."
As noun
  1. 1

    The equipment required for a task or sport.

    "He packed his fishing tackle before heading down to the river."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word originates from Middle English 'tackelen', borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch 'tackelen' meaning equipment or gear, derived from 'tacke' meaning a small twig or implement. Over centuries, the nautical sense of rigging equipment shifted into general mechanical uses and further metaphorically into making determined efforts to handle difficult problems or opponents.

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