river

CEFRA1

/ˈɹɪvəː/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large natural flow of fresh water toward a sea or lake.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

Examples

  • Eventually we came to the mouth of the River Thames.

  • It is dangerous for you to swim in this river.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɹʷɪvɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷɪvɹ̩]
  • /ˈɹaɪvə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The last card dealt in a hand.

  2. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

  3. A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.

More examples

In context

  • Can you swim across the river?

  • Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.

  • Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.

Synonyms

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The fast-flowing blank cut deep through the canyon over millions of years.

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

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Origin

noun

From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.