astern

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb stern foremost or backward
  2. adverb at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
  3. adverb (of a ship or an airplane) behind

Etymology

From a- (“towards”) + stern (“rear part of a vessel”).

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