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довести

/[dɔʋeˈstɪ]/
Ukrainianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to bring, to lead, to accompany (:somebody to a place)
  2. 2.
    to prove, to evidence
  3. 3.
    to bring, to take (to a limit)
    • довести́ до доскона́лості

      dovestý do doskonálostito bring to perfection

  4. 4.
    to bring, to drive, to lead (to a state, especially a negative one)
    • довести́ до ска́зу

      dovestý do skázuto drive up the wall, to drive crazy, to drive nuts, to enrage

    • довести́ до сліз

      dovestý do slizto bring to tears

    • довести́ до ві́дчаю

      dovestý do vídčajuto drive to despair

  5. 5.
    to finish (to complete: machine part, device component)

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • дове́дення
  • довести́ся
  • до́від
Synonyms
  • доказа́ти

Etymology

From до- (do-) + вести́ (vestý). Compare Russian довести́ (dovestí), Belarusian даве́сці (davjésci), Polish dowieść.

Forms

  • довести́canonical • perfective
  • dovestýromanization
  • дово́дитиimperfective
  • довести́infinitive • perfective
  • -active • perfective • present
  • -active • past • perfective
  • -passive • perfective • present
  • дове́денийpassive • past • perfective
  • impersonal: дове́деноpassive • past • perfective
  • -adverbial • perfective • present
  • дові́вшиadverbial • past • perfective
  • -first-person • perfective • present • singular
  • доведу́first-person • future • perfective • singular
  • -perfective • present • second-person • singular
  • доведе́шfuture • perfective • second-person • singular
  • -perfective • present • singular • third-person
  • доведе́future • perfective • singular • third-person
  • -first-person • perfective • plural • present
  • доведе́мfirst-person • future • perfective • plural
  • доведемо́first-person • future • perfective • plural
  • -perfective • plural • present • second-person
  • доведете́future • perfective • plural • second-person
  • -perfective • plural • present • third-person
  • доведу́тьfuture • perfective • plural • third-person
  • -first-person • imperative • singular
  • доведі́мfirst-person • imperative • plural
  • доведі́моfirst-person • imperative • plural
  • доведи́imperative • second-person • singular
  • доведі́тьimperative • plural • second-person
  • дові́вmasculine • past • singular
  • довели́masculine • past • plural
  • довела́feminine • past • singular
  • довели́feminine • past • plural
  • довело́neuter • past • singular
  • довели́neuter • past • plural

Conjugation

Infinitive:довести́
I
-
you (sg)
-
he/she/it
-
we
-
you (pl)
-
they
-

Other Forms

gerund:-, дові́вши

Full conjugation of довести

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