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Meaning of Chaperone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn

Definitions

  1. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
  2. A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
  3. An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
    UK

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CEFR level

C2
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