periphery
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6.5
- noun
- /pəˈrɪfəri/
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periferia
- Ellie and Peter walk along the periphery of the vast concave dish.
- center-periphery
- core-periphery
- urban periphery
I mean, I came up within and then on the periphery of skateboard culture.
- I mean, I came up within and then on the periphery of skateboard culture.
- I kept just seeing that in my periphery.
- Nobody would say that because it sounds like, you know, on the periphery of the field.
- Imperial states are vast, you know, over to the peripheries.
- And and when you're living against conscience, you kind of push God to the peripheries of your life.
- Sadly, in the typical classroom, dyslexic boys and girls remain undiagnosed and on the periphery of their teachers concern.
- What you're describing is the fact that pain doesn't have to start with an injury or stimulus in the periphery.
- And at the same time, he knows he doesn't belong and he finds himself on the periphery of this party school where everyone is young, bright, beautiful and gifted.
Examples
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We drove around the periphery of the city to avoid the heavy traffic in the center.
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Certainly the enthusiasm of countries along the periphery of Russia has increased about wanting to join.
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You can see a split between east and West and between periphery and centre.
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Capitalism requires capital, and the countries of the periphery looked to the core countries to supply it.
Academic text (2008) -
His children, my children, our offspring, are somewhere on the periphery of our shared vision.
Fiction book (1997) -
Motion sensors all around the periphery.
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Moss moved on the broken trees at the periphery of the golf grass.
Fiction book (1991) -
How, then, are we to understand the present position of the periphery within globalization?
Academic text (1999) -
Current policy toward Europe's periphery is increasingly out of date for three reasons.
Academic text (2008) -
Sometimes you have to look at things in the periphery because if you look right at it, you don't see what's there.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A flat edge or surface of a shape like a square
∞
1.0
Outer part of an object that forms a border, often sharp
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4.1
The outer edge of a shape or area and the total length of that edge
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3.1
A line or fence that marks the edge of an area and separates it from another
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1.0
The outer edge of a round object like a cup or wheel
65
2.7
A line that shows the outer shape of something
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3.6
Area along the edge of something like a field or page
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4.0
The outer edge of a place or area, often away from the center
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3.0
The outer part of a town where it meets the countryside
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3.2
A limit that shows how far something reaches
The far edge of an area or thing that shows its limits
Parts of a town or city that are far from the center
How Peripheral
Surface Forms
Etymology
Periphery comes from the Greek parts peri- meaning 'around' and pherein meaning 'to carry', so it helps to think of it as the part that 'goes around' something, like the word perimeter. That's why periphery means the outer edge or boundary of an area.