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Meaning of Loosening | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

The act of making something looser.

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Examples

“Turning to metaphor, the loosenings involved in metaphorical interpretation tend not to be pure but to involve a change that results in the extension of the loosened concept overlapping with but not including all of the denotations of the pre-loosened concept.”

CEFR level

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