flow
307
2.3
- noun
- /floʊ/
:
flujo
- Data improvement will help establish the flow of new information back to collection holders.
- cash flow
- information flow
- traffic flow
Because now what's happening is the flow of love, right?
- Because now what's happening is the flow of love, right?
- The flow is the flow of energy from the sun.
- There's little point in trying to stop the flow of feelings.
- So that's roughly the, the flow of, of decision making.
- So it's a it's a constant flow of spiritual Nuggets.
- So the whole dialogue flow is hand altered.
- Let's just go with the flow, you know, whatever.
- And it's like this constant flow for months at a time.
- The cyclical trend, the cyclicality is the ebb and flow within it.
- It's not nearly the the, the flows are not consistent.
- So quite generically the flows are like this.
- And so as we're in constant flow, we're back and forth.
- You could turn up your flow and turn down your flow.
- And we went and just looked through the flow and the flow was broken.
Examples
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Now more than ever, we need to control the positive flow of information to the press.
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There is this continual flow of people just riding the stream.
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Straight back into the flow of weekend life.
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China has an economy and a trade flow twice as large as the United States'.
Academic text (2011) -
Listen, Ronald, we need to talk about cash flow.
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The idea is that by improving flow, quality concerns are exposed and waste output falls.
Academic text (2015) -
Once again, Switzerland would experience uncomfortably large flows of finance into its small economy.
Academic text (2012) -
Real estate appraisers are ordinarily interested in the cash flow stream associated with the properties they appraise.
Academic text (2017) -
We have a society in which the flow of information is crucial to a democracy.
Synonyms
166
3.2
A steady flow of water, air, or ideas
150
1.0
A continuous flow of people, things, or ideas
25
4.0
The movement of air or water through a system
11
3.3
A continuous flow of information sent or processed by computers in real time
1
3.7
The smooth movement of water or air
1
9.9
A flow of liquid, often an unusual discharge from the body
1
2.8
A constant flow of news on phones and websites
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
69
3.4
Money that comes into and goes out of a business or person during a period
- Specialized
1
6.4
A liquid or gas moves in smooth layers that flow side by side with little mixing
- Specialized
1
3.8
A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process like a computer program
- Specialized
1
3.9
Blood that comes from inside a woman's body each month during her period
- Specialized
A machine with spinning blades that lets air or water flow along the shaft
- Specialized
A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process, like a computer program or accounting system
- Specialized
A clean room where air moves in smooth parallel layers to keep tiny particles away during work like making microchips
- Specialized
A steady flow of a liquid or gas where speed stays the same at every point
How Continuous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flow originally described moving water (from old English flōwan) but now this idea is used for any steady movement or supply, so the 'flow' of people, goods, or information means they move on smoothly like a river.