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Meaning of hark-back | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈhɑːkbæk

Definitions

  1. An act of hounds retracing a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.
  2. An act of alluding, returning, or reverting (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, an act of evoking, or longing or pining for (a past era or event).
    figuratively

Examples

“The addendum cancelling the closures refers to 14 pages […] in which Table 183 is reproduced in its old form with connections to and from Liverpool, Bradford, York, Edinburgh etc. – a hark-back to G.C. ambitions.”

CEFR level

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

harka Harkabi harkara Harkaway Harked Harken

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