afloat

CEFRC2

/əˈfloʊt/

adjective · adverb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Floating on water, or able to continue operating successfully.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    In, or while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water; at sea.

Examples

  • The groundswell of support kept his campaign afloat.

  • The company managed to keep afloat.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˈfləʊt/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Under water (bearing floating objects).

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. In or into a state of floating.

  2. In or into circulation or currency.

More examples

In context

  • There are strange rumors afloat.

  • A rubber duck and other toys were afloat in the bath.

  • 1695, Edmund Gibson (translator), Camden’s Britannia, London: A. Swalle, “Staffordshire,” […] it [the River Dove] overflows and lays the meadows afloat in April, like another Nile.

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Origin

adjective

From a- + float.