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Word entry · 8 letters

latitude

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"Freedom to maneuver"

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈlætɪtjuːd/Part of speech nounSorted adeilttuStarts with LEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. scope for freedom of e.g.

  2. action or thought; freedom from restriction

Word origin

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French latitude, from Latin lātitūdō (“breadth, width, latitude”), from lātus (“broad, wide”), from older stlātus. Possibly related with lateral, though this is uncertain.

Used in a sentence

  • The oat is hardier than wheat, and ripens in higher latitudes.
  • Far from the center of Shang civilization, Wu-ch'eng is located well south of the Yangtze at approximately the same latitude as Ch'ang-sha in the west and Wen-chou in the east.
  • snow showers in the northerly latitudes

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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