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gait

noun/ɡeɪt/

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

The manner or pattern in which a person walks, observed as part of examination.

I watched her gait as she walked across the room to the couch.

Similar: walk

Topic: Assessment & examination in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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