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Meaning of the word floating in English

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floating

US /ˈfloʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
UK /ˈfləʊ.tɪŋ/

Adjective

1.

buoyant or suspended in water or air.

Example:
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a massive floating platform
Synonym:
buoyant afloat drifting hovering levitating suspended hanging
Antonym:
sunken grounded
2.

not settled in a definite place; fluctuating or variable.

Example:
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the floating population that is migrating to the cities
Synonym:
unsettled transient temporary variable fluctuating migrant wandering nomadic moving on the move migratory traveling drifting roving roaming itinerant vagrant vagabond changeable changing fluid free up and down
Antonym:
settled fixed

Noun

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float floating island floating shelf float around floating exchange rate float someone's boat