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Meaning of Periphery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈɹɪf.ə.ɹi

Definitions

  1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
  2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
  3. The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.

Equivalents

العربية المحيط
Azərbaycanca ucqar
Български периферия
Bosanski rob tepi
Català perifèria
Čeština kraj okraj periferie pokraj
Dansk periferi
Deutsch Peripherie Stadtrand
Ελληνικά περιφέρεια
Español periferia
Suomi lape periferia syrjäseutu
Français périphérie
Gàidhlig iomall
Hrvatski rob tepi
Magyar periféria
Bahasa Indonesia pinggir tepi ujung
Italiano periferia
日本語 周辺 末梢
ქართული პერიფერია
Kurdî etraf perîferî
Nederlands buitenkant periferie
Polski kraniec kresy obrzeże opłotek peryferie pogranicze rąbek skraj
Português periferia
Română periferie
Русский окраина периферия
Slovenščina rob
Српски rob tepi
Svenska krans
Türkçe çevre civar Dolay etraf periferi
Українська периферія
Tiếng Việt chu vi

Examples

“The suburbs are a city's periphery.”
“Tumor location was concentrated in the macula and superonasal periphery in patients 13.2 months.”
“The phrase 'Imperial Manila' is used throughout the archipelago to denote the capital-heavy decision-making and the imposition of the will and culture of the political and economic centre on the peripheries.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

periphilin periphlebitis periphloem periphrase Periphrases Periphrasis

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