Question 1 · Quick check
confluent
CEFRC1
/ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Joining or flowing together.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailConverging, especially as viewed on a weather chart.
Examples
The rivers met at a confluent point.
The two rivers meet to form a single confluent stream.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
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- Parts of speech
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- Citations
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Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsDescribing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass.
Converging, merging or flowing together into one.
Exactly the same size as another triangle.
More examples
In contextConfluent streams formed a large river.
Yonder the river roll’d, whose bed, Their labyrinthine lingerings o’er, Received the confluent rills.
A confluent smallpox had in all directions flowed over his face, and left it like the complicated ribbed bed of a torrent, when the rushing waters have been dried up.
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Origin
adjective
From Latin cōnfluēns, present participle of cōnfluō.