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- /drɪft/
- /drɪft/
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- US Pronunciation
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- /drɪft/
Definition of drifts word
- noun drifts Plural form of drift. 1
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Parts of speech for Drifts
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
drifts popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
drifts usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for drifts
verb drifts
- floats — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
- coasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coast.
- dances — Plural form of dance.
- strays — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- aims — Plural form of aim.
noun drifts
- meanings — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- senses — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- ideas — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- tendencies — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
Antonyms for drifts
verb drifts
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Matching words
- Words starting with d
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