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Meaning of pluricentric | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
ˌplʊəɹɪˈsɛntɹɪk

Definitions

  1. Having more than one center; multicentric.
  2. (of a language) Having several interacting codified standard forms, often corresponding to different countries.

Equivalents

Deutsch plurizentrisch

Examples

“Tumors which appear⟳ to grow⟳ from a single focus⟳ are spoken of as unicentric. Some growths are clearly pluricentric, or multicentric.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

pluriclosed pluricolpate pluricolumnal pluricontinental pluricultural pluricyclic

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