# wadis

**Pronunciation:** WADIS

**CEFR level:** A2

**Part of speech:** noun

## Meaning

Wadis means a valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

## Examples

- The article uses wadis to mean a valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that....
- The teacher asked students to find wadis in the reading.
- Check the words around wadis to choose the right meaning.

## Common patterns

- a/the wadis — Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — The article mentioned a wadis.
- wadis in context — Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — We checked wadis in context before translating it.

## Collocations

- wadis example — The teacher gave a wadis example.
- wadis meaning — We checked the wadis meaning before moving on.

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