Level | B2 |
---|---|
Kind | verb |
Front | float |
IPA | /fləʊt / verb |
Back | süzülmek |
Back 2 | float (verb) /fləʊt
/ verb
1 [intransitive]
to move slowly through
air or water
süzülmek
A leaf floated down to the ground.
Boats were floating gently down the river.
The smell of freshly-baked bread floated in
through the window.
2 [intransitive]
float (in/on sth)
to stay on the surface
of a liquid and not sink
(su üstünde) yüzmek
Wood floats in water.
There was something floating near the bank
of the river.
3 [transitive]
to sell shares in a
company or business for the first time
hisseleri
piyasaya çıkarmak
The company was floated on the stock market
in 1999.
4 [intransitive,
transitive]
(used in economics) if
a government floats its country's money or allows it to float, it
allows its value to change freely according to the value of the money of other
countries
(ekonomi) dalgalanmak;
dalgalanmaya
bırakmak
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