postanawiać

From postanowić + -ać.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.staˈna.vjat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -avjat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: po‧sta‧na‧wiać

postanawiać impf (perfective postanowić)

1. (transitive) to decide, to resolve, to choose (to make a decision) [with infinitive ‘to do what’; or with o (+ locative) ‘on what’]

   Synonym: decydować

2. (transitive, obsolete) to issue a resolution, ordinance, or ban
3. (transitive, obsolete) to appoint, to name, to put into office

   Synonyms: powoływać, wyznaczać

4. (transitive, obsolete) to determine or manage someone's stay, life, or situation; to ensure someone's maintenance or position
5. (transitive, obsolete) to marry, to give away (to cause to become married)
6. (transitive, obsolete) to create (to cause to be)

   Synonym: stwarzać

7. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to determine or manage one's own stay, life, or situation; to ensure one's own maintenance or position
8. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be married, to be given away (to become married)
9. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be appointed, to be named; to be managed
10. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be issued
11. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be decided, to be resolved, to be chosen
12. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to become

    Synonyms: stawać się, zostawać

13. (reflexive with się, obsolete, hunting, of a dog) to be trained; to learn

• postanawiać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• postanawiać in Polish dictionaries at PWN