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adrift | x |

As an adjective adrift

is floating at random.

As an adverb adrift

is in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

adrift

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Floating at random.
    • So on the sea shall be set adrift . --Dryden.
  • (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
  • Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
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    • , year=2014 , date=December 21 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 2 - 2 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Brendan Rodgers's team moved into the top 10 in the Premier League table, but they are nine points adrift of West Ham in fourth place, while Arsenal are sixth.}}

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

    • Related terms

    * cast adrift

    x

    Translingual

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    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
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    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----