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Meaning of peripheral | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l

Definitions

  1. out, outside
  2. A peripheral device.
  3. Peripheral vision.
  4. get out!
  5. third-person singular present indicative
  6. second-person singular imperative

Equivalents

Examples

“Check your peripheral's manual for the information you'll need.”
“Check your peripheral's owners' manual to see at what speed your peripheral transmits or receives information, and then record this on the DIP Switch Information chart in the column at the left.”
“Turn on the Mac, and check your peripheral. Since you've already installed your device driver, it should be available where you need it....”
“We hailed a cab. The moment we got in, she stared at me with how-can-a-man-be-so-cruel eyes. I felt her glare, saw some of its fiery glow in my peripheral. The heat made me glance her way.”
“Peripheral on the package Don't care to settle in Time to feed the monster I don't need another friend Comfort is a mystery Crawling out of my own skin Just give me what I came for Then I'm out the door again”
“He would hear the coach's admonition, "Always check your peripheral," after the ringing stopped in his ears. But before then, his eyes were fixed on the ball and a possible interception, not the receiver angling toward him.”
“As I sat by the window and read, I caught sight of the mailman in my peripheral.”
“2014, Bill Ladson, "Zimmerman handles left field with ease -- and no E's" on MLB.com I was kind of looking at the ball, keeping him in my peripheral and all of sudden I see him closing in on the ball.”

CEFR level

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