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Meaning of adrift

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

adrift

Pronunciation:/əˈdɹɪft/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Floating at random.

  2. (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.

  3. (often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.

    Example: The team were six points adrift of their rivals.

adverb

Definitions

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