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trajectory

/trəˈdʒektəri/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

The pattern of change in a patient's condition over time.

His clinical trajectory over the admission was one of steady improvement.

Similar: course

Topic: Referral & discharge letters in Medical English

Business noun

The overall direction and momentum of a company's growth, performance, or strategy over time.

The acquisition was meant to shift the firm's trajectory from steady decline toward renewed growth.

Similar: path, course

Topic: Corporate strategy in Business 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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