adrift

CEFRC2

/əˈdɹɪft/

adjective · adverb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Floating without control, or without a clear purpose or direction.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Absent from his watch.

Examples

  • The mast broke and our ship went adrift.

  • When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.

  2. Floating at random.

adverb

Extra meaning

  1. In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

More examples

In context

  • The team were six points adrift of their rivals.

  • So on the sea she shall be set adrift.

  • The Czech Republic in 1994-95, with a pegged nominal exchange rate and nominal deposit rates of 7 percent, was several percentage points adrift of the interest parity condition.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After the storm broke the mooring lines, the small boat was left blank in the open sea.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From a- + drift.