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- Dictionaryfloating/ˈfləʊtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. buoyant or suspended in water or air: "a floating platform" Similar Opposite
- 2. not settled permanently; fluctuating or variable: "floating exchange rates" Similar Opposite
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not fixed in one position, place, or level: floating population The city has a large floating population (= people who move around a lot). floating interest rate The bank has offered us a loan with a floating interest rate. medical specialized.
FLOAT definition: 1. to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink: 2. to (cause to) move easily through, or along…. Learn more.
having little or no attachment to a particular place; moving from one place to another: a floating workforce. Pathology. away from its proper position, especially in a downward direction: a floating kidney. not fixed or settled in a definite place or state: a floating population. Finance.
1. : buoyed on or in a fluid. 2. : located out of the normal position. a floating kidney. 3. a. : continually drifting or changing position. the floating population. b. : not presently committed or invested. floating capital. c. : short-term and usually not funded. floating debt. d. : having no fixed value or rate. floating currencies.
1. having little or no attachment. 2. (Pathology) (of an organ or part) displaced from the normal position or abnormally movable: a floating kidney. 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) not definitely attached to one place or policy; uncommitted or unfixed: the floating vote. 4. (Banking & Finance) finance.
The meaning of FLOAT is an act or instance of floating. How to use float in a sentence.
If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid.
Float definition: to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant. See examples of FLOAT used in a sentence.
borne up by or suspended in a liquid. “the ship is still floating ”. “ floating logs”. “ floating seaweed”. synonyms: afloat, natant. swimming or floating in water. noun. the act of someone who floats on the water.
Definition of floating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
