periphery

CEFRC1

/pəˈɹɪf.ə.ɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The outer edge or area of something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.

Examples

  • Much like Nigeria, the Philippines was considered to be in the periphery of the Anglosphere.

  • They never penetrated beyond the periphery of the group.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.

  2. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

More examples

In context

  • The suburbs are a city's periphery.

  • Tumor location was concentrated in the macula and superonasal periphery in patients 13.2 months.

  • The phrase 'Imperial Manila' is used throughout the archipelago to denote the capital-heavy decision-making and the imposition of the will and culture of the political and economic centre on the peripheries.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French peripherie. Compare Middle English periferie (“one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth”), from the same origin, although the Modern English term most likely does not descend from it.