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blow-in

blow-in
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bloh in]
    • /bloʊ ɪn/
    • /bləʊ ɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bloh in]
    • /bloʊ ɪn/

Definitions of blow-in word

  • adjective blow-in (of a piece of advertising) inserted in but not attached to a magazine or newspaper: blow-in cards. 1
  • noun blow-in newcomer 1
  • noun blow-in (Ireland) Someone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer. 0

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Parts of speech for Blow-in

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

blow-in popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for blow-in

noun blow-in

  • outsider — a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.: Society often regards the artist as an outsider.
  • stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
  • foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
  • novice — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
  • beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.

Antonyms for blow-in

noun blow-in

  • local — low-cal.
  • native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.

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