adrift

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Floating at random.

   • So on the sea she shall be set adrift.
2. 2

   Absent from his watch.

3. 3

   Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or…

   Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.

   • The team were six points adrift of their rivals.
   • The Czech Republic in 1994-95, with a pegged nominal exchange rate and nominal deposit rates of 7 percent, was several percentage points adrift of the interest parity condition.
   • He did well, coming second, but Toyota and Mitsubishi were now neck-and-neck, with the Subaru team 38 points adrift of the leaders.
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   1. 4

      In a drifting condition

      In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

      • things wore on till eight or nine o'clock, every thing getting adrift and being smashed, and every one on board jamming themselves up in corners or holding on to beams to prevent their going adrift likewise

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