adrift

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-drĭft', IPA: /əˈdɹɪft/

Adjective

adrift

1. Floating at random.

   • So on the sea shall be set adrift.

2. (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
3. (chiefly, UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.

   The team were six points adrift of their rivals.

Translations

• French: à la dérive
• German: abtreibend
• Italian: alla deriva
• Portuguese: à deriva
• Spanish: a la deriva

Adverb

adrift

1. In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

Translations

• French: à la dérive
• German: abtreiben
• Italian: alla deriva
• Portuguese: à deriva
• Spanish: a la deriva

Related terms

• cast adrift

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