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Meaning of counterexpectational | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

That goes against expectations; unexpected.

Examples

“For example, in Saramaccan, property items can be reduplicated to encode counterexpectational semantics.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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