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Meaning of Lope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ləʊp

Definitions

An easy pace with long strides.

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Examples

“Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […]”
“Then he was gone, not with the flashing quick steps that Lao Bingyi and Wei Jintai had employed but with the long lope of a wolf that knows to pace himself for a hunt.”

CEFR level

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