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Float Pronunciation

Pronounce Float as F L OW AH T.

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    Float phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'float'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of float: /floʊæt/
    • Modern IPA representation of float: /flɒæt/

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    List of meaning for float

    to stay atop of water in a resting or moving way

    float(noun)

    the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

    float(noun)

    the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

    ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, float(noun)

    a drink with ice cream floating in it

    float(noun)

    an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

    float, plasterer's float(noun)

    a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

    float(noun)

    something that floats on the surface of water

    air bladder, swim bladder, float(verb)

    an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

    float, drift, be adrift, blow(verb)

    be in motion due to some air or water current

    "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

    float, swim(verb)

    be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

    float(verb)

    set afloat

    "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

    float(verb)

    circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

    "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

    float(verb)

    move lightly, as if suspended

    "The dancer floated across the stage"

    float(verb)

    put into the water

    "float a ship"

    float(verb)

    make the surface of level or smooth

    "float the plaster"

    float(verb)

    allow (currencies) to fluctuate

    "The government floated the ruble for a few months"

    float(verb)

    convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

    "float data"

    a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers

    the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river

    to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air a canoe floating down the river

    particles of dust floating in the air

    to move about from place to place aimlessly

    lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place

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    float in sentence

    1. It is difficult to understand how the tonnage of a cruise ship can float on the water without sinking.

    2. It’s always a little shocking to think that the buoyancy of a hundred ton ship is still enough for that same heavy ship to float on water.

    3. Chemicals found in swamps cause natural vaporization that creates a thick fog to float close to the water.

    4. I dreamed of jumping into my pool where I could float on my back and simply relax all afternoon.

    5. I realized that ice cubes float on water since they weigh less than the volume of water.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term float

    I did feel like I was in a shield, i was in a bubble, that God helped me see everything around me. I didn’t move. I didn’t float up in the air. You know, none of those weird things happened to me. I was just…religious, I felt. Everything was religious around me. I felt we were all covered.

    – Louisiana FedEx driver Kyra Johnson

    Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

    – Sir John Lubbock

    Other Republicans were the disruptive group. At this point, even getting into that mess, whoever is disruptive pays a price at the polls. i don't think you want to let this charge float out there, because health care is the one bill that is hurting them this year.

    – Tom Davis

    There are billions of dollars of commerce that float through that region of the world, ensuring that free flow of commerce ... is critical to the global economy.

    – White House spokesman Josh Earnest

    In a marshland amongst the crocodiles, there float beautiful water lilies! Even in the Hell, one can find the good and the beauty.

    – Mehmet Murat ildan

    Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

    – W. C. Fields

    I saw a man on a float with Santa Claus Mardi Gras beads -- the float had stalled in front of me and I got his attention and he gave them to me, i cried I was so excited.

    – Megan Venable

    The sale (via the accelerated book building procedure) is conducted only to deliver the commitment made by GE to the KNF aimed at increasing the bank shares' free float to 25 percent.

    – Bank BPH

    I believe it will get worse before it gets better. I think they're going to have to continue to make provisions in the next quarter. Even oil prices moving back into the $50 level isn't going to float all the guys that have difficulties right now.

    – David Cockfield

    And there's a lot of good ideas and a lot of bad ideas that float through here. But it's, in my view, a misconception of the so-called special interests.

    – House Speaker John Boehner

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