crown

/kraʊn/ verb [T]

Translation

MAKE KING/QUEEN › to put a crown on someone's head in an official ceremony that makes them a king or queen

taç giydirmek, taçlandırmak, kraliçe/hükümdar yapmak

[often passive] Queen Elizabeth II of England was crowned in 1952.82

ON TOP literary › to be on top of something else

tepede/zirvede olmak

A large domed ceiling crowns the main hall.1732

BEST PART › to be the best or most successful part of something

en iyi ve en başarılı bir bölümü olmak

a book that crowned his successful writing career1848

(Definition of crown verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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