Geographic Meaning
/d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjPertaining to geography (or to geographics).
adjDetermined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Sentence Examples
The first naked woman I saw was in a National Geographic magazine.
Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.
Algeria's most distinct feature is the geographic diversity of its vast territory.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ features of the region include mountains and rivers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The mountain range forms a natural ____ barrier between the two neighboring countries in the region.
Word Origin & History
From Latin geōgraphicus; see French géographique. By surface analysis, geography + -ic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In his book, Polystate: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Government, Zach Weinersmith speculates about what governments would look like if they didn’t rule over geographic locations, but instead ruled over minds."
— 2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo:
"The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game."
— 2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, volume 7, →DOI, page 175:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ features of the region include mountains and rivers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The mountain range forms a natural ____ barrier between the two neighboring countries in the region.