FLOAT | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Float

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

Old English flotian (verb), of Germanic origin and related to fleet, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic

Audio Pronunciation:

Phonetic Spelling: fləʊt

Dialects: British English

Definition:

rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking

Short Definition:

rest or move on surface or liquid

Examples:

she relaxed, floating gently in the water

Definition:

move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift

Short Definition:

move or hover in liquid or air

Examples:

clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky

Definition:

put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.

Short Definition:

put forward idea

Definition:

(of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets

Short Definition:

(of currency) fluctuate freely in value according to supply and demand

Examples:

a policy of letting the pound float

Word: Float

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:

Phonetic Spelling: fləʊt

Dialects: British English

Definition:

a thing that is buoyant in water.

Short Definition:

thing that floats

Definition:

a small vehicle or cart, especially one powered by electricity.

Short Definition:

small vehicle powered by electricity

Definition:

a sum of money used for change at the beginning of a period of trading in a shop or stall etc., or for minor expenditures.

Short Definition:

money used for change at start of period of selling

Definition:

a hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster.

Short Definition:

tool for smoothing plaster

Definition:

a soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it

Short Definition:

soft drink with scoop of floating ice cream

Examples:

ice-cream floats

Definition:

(in critical path analysis) the period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process.

Short Definition:

in critical path analysis