buoyant
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪ.ənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ənt
Adjective
buoyant (comparative more buoyant, superlative most buoyant)
- Having buoyancy; able to float.
- 2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
- And of course, in order to understand the Earth's past and how it got to where it now is, it is important to have a basic knowledge of plate tectonics, which explains how the planet's continental and oceanic crusts are part of the lithospheric plates that are buoyant and ride upon the highly viscous asthenosphere.
- (figuratively) Lighthearted and lively.
- I’m in a buoyant mood.
- Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. (of an economy, business etc.)
- 1964 September, G. Freeman Allen, “Interim report on the East Coast Route express service”, in Modern Railways, page 158:
- [...] the accelerated, high-frequency East Coast express timetable, operating this year in a buoyant economic environment, is beginning to attract more business travel to rail (although there is still a long way to go before the potential is fully realised); [...].
- 2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:
- It[China] had a buoyant economy outperforming forecasts. Its unemployment rate was among the lowest in years. While consolidating his power for a second term, Mr Xi proudly pointed to China's "flourishing" growth model as something other countries could emulate.
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able to float
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