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slow motion

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A technique of film, photography, and video in which time is stretched in order to allow the visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined.
    uncountable
  2. Movement at a slow pace.
    broadly, uncountable

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Examples

“Without this foresight, many more structures would now be suffering the fate of the viaduct at Nuneham, which was literally collapsing in plain sight (albeit in extreme slow motion).”

CEFR level

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

slow news day slow on the uptake slow oven slow poke slow roll slow slicing

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