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Meaning of Magnet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmæɡnɪt

Definitions

  1. A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
  2. An alluring or attractive person or thing.
    figuratively, in-compounds, informal, often
  3. Ellipsis of magnet link.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

العربية مغناطيس
Беларуская магніт
Български магнит
Bosanski auto ima magnet магнет
Català imant
Čeština magnet
Cymraeg magnet
Deutsch Magnet
Ελληνικά μαγνήτης
Esperanto magneto
Español imán magnete
Euskara iman
Suomi magneetti
Français aimant Magnet
Gàidhlig magnait
עברית מגנט
हिन्दी चुंबक
Hrvatski auto ima magnet магнет
Magyar mágnes
Հայերեն մագնիս
Bahasa Indonesia batu berani besi berani magnet sembrani
Íslenska segull
Italiano calamita magnete
日本語 磁石
ქართული მაგნიტი
Қазақша магнит
ខ្មែរ មេដែក
한국어 자석
Kurdî îma îman
Кыргызча магнит
Latina magnes
Te Reo Māori autō
Македонски магнет
Монгол соронз
Bahasa Melayu besi berani magnet
မြန်မာဘာသာ သံလိုက်
Nederlands magneet
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਚੁੰਬਕ
Polski magnes
پښتو مقناطيس
Português ímã íman
Русский магнит
Shqip magnet
Српски auto ima magnet магнет
Svenska magnet
Kiswahili sumaku
தமிழ் காந்தம்
Türkmençe magnit
Tagalog batubalani gayuma
Türkçe mıknatıs
ئۇيغۇرچە ماگنىت
Українська магніт
اردو مقناطیس
Oʻzbekcha magnit
Tiếng Việt nam châm

Examples

“He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet.”
“Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff.”
“Again, dude? Man, you just a MAGNET for trouble!”
“[…] I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.”
“Regular baths will help keep your dog clean and fresh-smelling. The frequency will depend entirely on your own preferences as well as how much of a mud-magnet your dog is!”
“Magnets are thus used to create a package of cryptologic information and bundling^([sic]) it together.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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