CEFR B2

entrainment

noun

Meaning

entrainment means (biology) The alignment of an organism's circadian rhythm to an external rhythm in its environment. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses entrainment to mean (biology) The alignment of an organism's circadian rhythm to an external rhythm....
The teacher asked students to find entrainment in the reading.

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entrainment (B2)

noun

Definition

Examples

The article uses entrainment to mean (biology) The alignment of an organism's circadian rhythm to an external rhythm....
The teacher asked students to find entrainment in the reading.
Check the words around entrainment to choose the right meaning.

How to Use entrainment

a/the entrainment (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a entrainment."
entrainment in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked entrainment in context before translating it."

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