Definition of adrift in English:
adrift
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adverb
1So as to float without being either moored or steered.
- ‘a cargo ship went adrift’
drifting, unmoored, unanchoredView synonyms- 1.1So as to be without purpose, direction, or guidance.
- ‘she found herself cast adrift in a land full of strangers’
lost, off course, off track, off the right track, having lost one's bearings, disorientated, disoriented, confused, bewildered, at sea, all at seaView synonyms - 1.2 informal So as to be no longer fixed in position.
- ‘one of my fillings has come adrift’
loose, free, astrayView synonyms
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predicative1Floating without being either moored or steered.
- ‘the seamen are adrift in lifeboats’
drifting, unmoored, unanchoredView synonyms- 1.1Without purpose, direction, or guidance.‘the film industry was adrift in a sea of debt’
- ‘the film's focus is a young woman adrift in a city where individuals struggle to make meaningful connections’
lost, off course, off track, off the right track, having lost one's bearings, disorientated, disoriented, confused, bewildered, at sea, all at seaView synonyms
2British informal Failing to reach a target or winning position.
- ‘they were only a point adrift at the break’
- ‘the team are three points adrift of the leaders’
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