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chrestic

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Pertaining to usage.

Examples

“There is no more foolish prejudice than that languages differ⟳ merely in sound⟳, and all mean⟳ exactly the same thing and are mentally the same: the chrestic identity which enables people to translate⟳ from one to the other is by no means a full representation of that full noematic force⟳ which is the value of the language as thought;”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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