Tether
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“With the bulky, heavy helmet for the film strapped on, I was inside a fully immersive virtual world. With de la Peña playing minder and holding a tether which prevented me from bumping into walls, I somehow ended up inside the news story.”
“We suffer⟳ the weather / We bind⟳ and we tether / This nation together”
“Since his hours have⟳ increased, I feel⟳ that he is at the end⟳ of his tether.”
“Despite moving, he maintained a strong tether to his culture back home.”
“Deeper than speech our love⟳, stronger than life our tether, / But we do not fall⟳ on the neck nor kiss when we come⟳ together.”
“what tethers us to gravity and light⟳ / has most to do with distance and the shapes / we find⟳ in water”
“The tether to our national identity can never feel⟳ stronger than it does over a cup of bad arena coffee in the dead of winter.”
“But for toddlers who have⟳ now lived nearly 16 months in varying degrees of social isolation, the tether to before has long faded, and they now face⟳ after without clear recollections of the world to which they are returning.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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