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Meaning of Stirring | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈstɝɪŋ

Definitions

An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred

countable, gerund, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The reduction takes the central bank back to where it was in December 2005, when it began raising its key rate despite objections from some political figures and many economists about choking the early stirrings of a recovery in growth.”
“[…] his inability to move freely in nature as the song's protagonist expects to, or to enjoy the emotional stirrings that such movement often precipitates. That is, the video shows how the African American subject is not given time, space, or opportunity to form the kinds of individualized, sentimental, wondrous, or otherwise normatively affective relationships that mainstream environmentalism champions.”

CEFR level

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