maze
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2.5
- noun
- /meɪz/
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laberinto
- The children had a great time trying to find their way out of the corn maze at the festival.
- plus maze
- zero maze
- elevated plus maze
Our journey through the maze is interrupted by bangs and screams.
- Our journey through the maze is interrupted by bangs and screams.
- It's just a never ending maze of alleyways.
- And, and all these robots competed to see who could sort of get through this, this maze the fastest.
- OK and lastly we have a maze.
- They were all like these weird rats in a maze.
- So then there is the the step to solve the maze.
Examples
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I wandered the maze of streets and took a boat to everywhere possible.
Academic text (2007) -
All the walls of the maze turned to glass.
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So it is like that, you see, without having a guide to guide you out of that maze, you know, it's very difficult.
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Right, guys, we are at the Christmas maze, the Christmas maze.
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But you got through the maze, look at that.
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My friend's gonna meet you at the edge of the maze, okay?
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Students were instructed to complete the maze as quickly and as accurately as possible.
Academic text (2015) -
This tiny robot mouse can finish this maze in just six seconds.
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The contest was to see which robot could get out of the maze fastest.
Academic text (1995) -
But the corridors were very narrow, forming a white maze that spread out in every direction.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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7.4
A complicated set of connected paths that is hard to find your way through
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maze comes from an old English word that meant 'confusion' or 'bewilderment', and it is related to the modern word amaze. Think of a real maze as a place that makes you feel confused and lost, which is why it means a network of paths you must find your way through.