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cliff
What does cliff mean?
cliff (noun): a vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use cliff in a sentence?
- He stood on a high cliff overlooking the town. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce cliff?
/klɪf/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cliff come from?
From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “cliff” mean?
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
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a motive for an action or a determination
Not quite: that's what reason means.
a vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face
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a flow of electricity through a conductor
Not quite: that's what current means.
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