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Meaning of fere | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1
[ˈfɛ.reː]

Definitions

  1. roughly; approximately; mostly; more or less; around; about (close enough)
    not-comparable
  2. nearly; practically; virtually; almost; quite (indistinguishable from)
    not-comparable
  3. often; normally; usually; generally; as a rule, in most cases; mainly (in general)
    not-comparable

Examples

“sōlis ferē̆ occāsū”

around sundown

“haec habēbam ferē̆ quae tē scīre vellem”

this is more or less everything I wanted to tell you

“Incipiēbat autem Jēsūs annōrum esse ferē̆ trīginta,...”

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

“haud ferē̆ quisquam”

hardly anybody

“ut ferē̆ fit”

as often happens; as usual

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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