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adjective

ə-ˈflōt How to pronounce afloat (audio)
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as in floating
riding upon the surface of a body of liquid the boat can't stay afloat much longer

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afloat

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adverb

as in hereabouts

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  1. floating
  2. hereabouts
  3. everywhere
Adjective
  • Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The boat, a single motorboat, was found floating and half-submerged near the Harbor One Marina.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
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Adverb
  • Clearly someone wants to scare them off from uncovering whatever dark hidden truth controls much of life (and death) hereabouts.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Blame the damp and moderate climate hereabouts or the particular ardor of the northern red-legged frog, but our target species is ready to hop anytime between early November and the middle of March.
    Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
Definition of hereabouts
Adverb
  • As caregivers everywhere say to kids as the winter weather sets in, let’s layer up.
    Sirjad Parakkat, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Humanity’s success does not lie in predicting which nation will emerge as the leader in AI—what really matters is working together to navigate these changes in a way that ensures the well-being and prosperity of people everywhere.
    Klaus Schwab, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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