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Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,

May gaze through these faint smokes curling whitely,

As thou pliest thy trade in this devil's-smithy--

Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?

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verb

To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.

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Dictionary Entry

cosmopolitan

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/koz-muh-POL-i-tuhn/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓

Including people or things from many different countries; worldwide in scope.

In a Sentence

“The city’s cosmopolitan atmosphere made it easy for travelers from any country to feel at home.”

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Origin

Late 16c., from French cosmopolite, from Greek kosmos ‘world’ + polites ‘citizen’.

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Synonyms

worldlyglobalinternationalmulticulturaluniversalwide‑ranging

Antonyms

localparochialnarrowregional

Related Words

cosmopolitanismcosmopoliteglobalizationinternationalismworldwidemetropolitandiversemultinational

Poetry examples for “cosmopolitan”

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