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Meaning of Retreating | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

The act of moving back from something; a retreat.

Equivalents

العربية التراجع متراجع
Deutsch abziehend
Suomi vetäytyvä
हिन्दी अपवर्ती

Examples

“But of the marchings and retreatings of these Six-thousand no Xenophon exists. Nothing, but an inarticulate hum, of cursing and sooty frenzy, surviving dubious in the memory of ages!”

CEFR level

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