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flow

flow

16 4.9
A state of complete focus and deep enjoyment while doing something
  • noun
  • /floʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estado de flujo
  • Eva now perceives herself as a part of the flow of life itself.
  • a flow state
  • a flow experience
  • enter the flow

Now we're in a really strong, phenomenal flow and routine.

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Examples

  • Slovenian music students suggest that the experience of flow is a predictor of emotional well-being.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We start to be in the flow state as other people call it.

  • The majority of the research on Flow Theory has described flow state experiences.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Is there an element of flow state here?

  • Third, participants in a flow state are very focused on the task at hand.

    Academic text (1998)
  • I'm just like trying to stay loose and stay in flow state all the time.

  • This must be where musicians come when they get into a flow.

  • A fifth characteristic that participants in a flow state report is a transformation of time.

    Academic text (1998)
  • When she is painting, she often enters a flow state, losing track of time and finishing her best work.

  • Many athletes report that they perform best when they are in a flow, completely immersed in their activity.

Antonyms

234 2.9

Something that takes your attention away from what you are doing

85 1.3

A feeling of being tired and restless when you have nothing to do

Compounds

cash flow
  • Specialized
69 3.4

Money that comes into and goes out of a business or person during a period

flow rate
  • Specialized
8 3.6

The amount of liquid or gas that passes a point in one minute

4 3.4

A diagram that shows the steps and decisions in a process using boxes and arrows

laminar flow
  • Specialized
1 6.4

A liquid or gas moves in smooth layers that flow side by side with little mixing

air flow
  • Specialized
1 2.8

Movement of air through a space or system

1 2.6

Air moving through a place or system

rate of flow
  • Specialized
1 3.7

How much liquid passes a point in a given time

1 3.6

Movement of sea or river water caused by the rising and falling tides

flow diagram
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process like a computer program

flow meter
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A device that measures how much liquid or gas moves through a pipe

menstrual flow
  • Specialized
1 3.9

Blood that comes from inside a woman's body each month during her period

axial flow turbine
  • Specialized
6.1

A machine with spinning blades that lets air or water flow along the shaft

flow sheet
  • Specialized
4.7

A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process, like a computer program or accounting system

7.2

A clean room where air moves in smooth parallel layers to keep tiny particles away during work like making microchips

8.4

A fast loss of money that puts a company at risk

A stream that never stops and cannot be controlled

streamline flow
  • Specialized
5.2

A steady flow of a liquid or gas where speed stays the same at every point

turbulent flow
  • Specialized
7.9

Fast, changing movement of water or air that makes swirls

work flow
  • Specialized
3.5

The order and speed that tasks are done at work

How Focused

flow
  • Specialized
16 4.9
absorption
5 4.9
attention
1.6
engagement
78 3.9
interest
1.0

Surface Forms

flow singular
flows plural

Etymology

Flow comes from an old English word flōwan meaning moving water, and that river image helps explain the mental 'flow' where ideas move easily and a person works without stopping, like being carried along by a calm stream.