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Meaning of Towering | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈtaʊəɹɪŋ

Definitions

The act or condition of being high above others.

Equivalents

العربية تحليق شاهق
日本語 聳立
Tiếng Việt

Examples

“Gaiety seldom fails to give some pain; the hearers either strain their faculties to accompany its towerings, or are left behind in envy or despair.”
“But I am an old hawk at the sport; and wrote her such a cool, deliberate, prudent reply, as brought my bird from the aerial towerings, pop down at my foot like Corporal Trim's hat.”

CEFR level

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