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Drift meaning

  1. Movement; that which moves or is moved.
  2. Anything driven at random.

Synonyms of Drift

travel go move locomote stray float linguistic process activity action natural action natural process force impulsion impetus substance

Using Drift

  • The main meaning on this page is: Movement; that which moves or is moved. | Anything driven at random. | Movement; that which moves or is moved.
  • Useful related words include: travel, go, move, locomote.
  • In the example corpus, drift often appears in combinations such as: to drift, the drift, drift off.

Context around Drift

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Drift

  • In this selection, "drift" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, continental, genetic, word, away, occurs and systematic stand out and add context to how "drift" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include age continental drift peaches ethan and an accelerating drift toward a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "drift" sits close to words such as attribute, columnist and drafting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with drift

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Drift Systematic errors which change during an experiment ( drift ) are easier to detect. (13 words)

Drift of these materials is illegal and serious fines can be imposed if drift occurs. (15 words)

By Ice Age: Continental Drift, Peaches, Ethan, Steffie, Shira, Louis, and even more were added. (15 words)

Among the 10 Victoria Cross awardees is James Langley Dalton, the assistant commissary in Lord Chelmsford’s force during the Zulu War and one of the 11 men who were honoured with the award following the January 1879 action at Rorke’s Drift. (43 words)

Genetic drift main Ten simulations of random genetic drift of a single given allele with an initial frequency distribution 0.5 measured over the course of 50 generations, repeated in three reproductively synchronous populations of different sizes. (37 words)

A Chicago Police Department officer pulls a man into a bear hug when the man was almost struck by a vehicle during a street takeover in August 2022, where hundreds gathered to watch cars drift in circles. (37 words)

Keith Altman, Beaverton catch your drift—the drift of crabs and chlamydia that infest every shit-stained inch of the Motel 6 sheets you’ll be grunting in all night! (30 words)

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Drift of these materials is illegal and serious fines can be imposed if drift occurs.

Keith Altman, Beaverton catch your drift—the drift of crabs and chlamydia that infest every shit-stained inch of the Motel 6 sheets you’ll be grunting in all night!

The word "drift" is in the title, so you’re correct to assume there’s car drifting in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Although he presented much evidence for continental drift, he was unable to provide a convincing explanation for the physical processes which might have caused this drift.

As a result, the stellarator is not "perfect" in terms of canceling out the drift, but the net result is to so greatly reduce drift that long confinement times appeared possible.

Drift is evident if a measurement of a constant quantity is repeated several times and the measurements drift one way during the experiment.

Drift Systematic errors which change during an experiment ( drift ) are easier to detect.

Furthermore, the seasonal drift of the rabbinic calendar is avoided, resulting in the years affected by the drift starting one month earlier in the Karaite calendar.

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Genetic drift main Ten simulations of random genetic drift of a single given allele with an initial frequency distribution 0.5 measured over the course of 50 generations, repeated in three reproductively synchronous populations of different sizes.

Since some of the outward drift is compensated by an inward drift on the same flux surface, there is a macroscopic equilibrium with much improved confinement.

Since the early debates of continental drift, scientists had discussed and used evidence that polar drift had occurred because continents seemed to have moved through different climatic zones during the past.

This means that the upward drift on one side is counteracted by the downward drift on the other.

When this occurs, the planet being passed will first appear to stop its eastward drift, and then drift back toward the west.

A Chicago Police Department officer pulls a man into a bear hug when the man was almost struck by a vehicle during a street takeover in August 2022, where hundreds gathered to watch cars drift in circles.

Among the 10 Victoria Cross awardees is James Langley Dalton, the assistant commissary in Lord Chelmsford’s force during the Zulu War and one of the 11 men who were honoured with the award following the January 1879 action at Rorke’s Drift.

An accelerating drift toward a twin nuclear/ecological waterfall, the avoidance of which requires a spirit of cooperation equaling that of Oppenheimer’s team at Los Alamos.

Because you know, you grow up being like them as them, like, you kind of drift away from your family.

But a low-pressure weather system over Nova Scotia, which has been sending the smoke southward this week, is expected to drift south, allowing the clouds to disperse over the weekend.

But also vice versa, it’s very useful, once somebody has completed a purchase or rental, they will often drift away from our site, they don’t need to use it every day.

By Ice Age: Continental Drift, Peaches, Ethan, Steffie, Shira, Louis, and even more were added.

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Common combinations with drift

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "drift" in a sentence?
An example: "Drift of these materials is illegal and serious fines can be imposed if drift occurs." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "drift" from authentic English texts.
What does "drift" mean?
Drift means: Movement; that which moves or is moved.
What are synonyms of "drift"?
Common synonyms of "drift" include: travel, go, move, locomote, stray, float, linguistic process, activity. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "drift" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "drift", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.