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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesderiva
Pronunciation / Transliteration: deriva
"Hubo una deriva gradual en la opinión pública."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A continuous slow movement from one place to another.
"There was a gradual drift in public opinion."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English (as a noun in the sense 'driving of cattle, something driven'): from Old Norse drif 'snowdrift', related to drífa 'to drive'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "drift" is said worldwide
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dérive
Transliteration: dérive
"Il y a eu une dérive dans l'opinion publique."
Treund
Transliteration: Drift
Script: Drift
"Es gab eine allmähliche Drift in der öffentlichen Meinung."
deriva
Transliteration: deriva
"C'è stata una graduale deriva nell'opinione pubblica."
deriva
Transliteration: deriva
"Hubo una deriva gradual en la opinión pública."
deriva
Transliteration: deriva
"Houve uma deriva gradual na opinião pública."
झुकाव
Transliteration: jhukāv
"जनमत में धीरे-धीरे झुकाव आ रहा था।"
漂移
Transliteration: piāoyí
"公众舆论出现了一种逐渐的漂移。"
표류
Transliteration: pyoryu
"여론에 점진적인 표류가 있었다."
漂流
Transliteration: hyōryū
"世論に緩やかな流れの変化があった。"
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