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Meaning of Lax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
læks

Definitions

  1. A salmon.
    Scotland, UK, dialectal
  2. A surname.
  3. Los Angeles International Airport
  4. lacrosse.
    slang, uncountable
  5. Clipping of laxative.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

Equivalents

العربية لاكس
Български небрежен хлабав
Bosanski los lose
Català fluix lax
Deutsch lax locker lose
Esperanto maldiligenta pigra
Español flojo laxo suelto
Français Lax laxiste
Gaeilge neamartach
Gàidhlig fuasgailte saor socair
हिन्दी ढीला शिथिल
Hrvatski los lose
Magyar láza rugalmas
Հայերեն թույլ մեղմ
日本語
한국어
Kurdî los
Nederlands laks
Српски los lose
Svenska los släpp

Examples

““I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said.”
“I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.”
“Fortunately, most of these were former French colonies, and through a combination of quiet diplomacy and well-placed French nationals in the various air-traffic-control centers, the 300-mile-long stream of American aircraft flew the width of Africa as uneventfully as a red-eye flight from LAX to JFK.”
“Nothing happened, mind your business yo step / You know we connect, JFK 2 LAX”
“By the time I landed at LAX and switched my phone out of airplane mode, Hasan Piker had been streaming for three hours.”

CEFR level

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