comfort zone
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- noun
- /ˈkʌmfərt zoʊn/
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zona de confort
- Get out of your comfort zone because obviously it pays off.
- leave your comfort zone
- stay in the comfort zone
Getting out of the comfort zone is part of the process.
- Getting out of the comfort zone is part of the process.
- If you stay in your comfort zone, that's where you will fail.
- Get out of your comfort zone because obviously it pays off.
- It's not really in his comfort zone to film himself.
- Oh my God, I am out of my comfort zone by a mile.
- Let's step out of our comfort zones together.
- So step outside your comfort zone and make today your day.
- So I'm way out of my comfort zone right now, Chris.
- And most people won't take that step out of their comfort zone by themselves.
- It's also hard because you're trying to live outside of your comfort zone, right?
Examples
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So step outside your comfort zone and make today your day.
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I think we are creatures of habit and try to stay within a comfort zone.
Academic text (2008) -
Getting out of the comfort zone is part of the process.
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You got to come out of the comfort zone to get what you want.
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You have to kind of push past your comfort zone and it takes practice, right?
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I like to really push myself out of my comfort zone.
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Students are prone to stay in the comfort zone of what they know.
Academic text (2014) -
Let's step out of our comfort zones together.
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Bernie, it's good for you to get out of your comfort zone, meet some people.
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To grow personally and professionally, you must step out of your comfort zone and embrace new challenges.
Synonyms
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3.9
A place or memory that makes you feel calm and happy
A place where you feel safe and like yourself
Antonyms
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a situation where a person feels at ease' is directly and compositionally derived from 'comfort' (ease) + 'zone' (a region or area); the compound names a region characterized by comfort. This is a common, cross-linguistic conceptual metaphor (e.g. Spanish 'zona de confort'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will very likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Comfort zone comes from the image of a safe, comfortable zone or bubble around a person where they feel comfort and little stress. That's why it means 'a situation where someone feels at ease and takes little risk'.