🇬🇧 Dormant meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Dormant means resting or sleeping for a while, not doing anything right now, but still able to wake up and be active later, like a bear in winter or a seed waiting underground to grow.

My alarm clock stayed dormant, so I accidentally slept until Wednesday.

My brain goes dormant whenever the math homework packet appears.

My jumping skills are dormant during gym, but fully awake when there’s a puddle I’m not supposed to splash in.

The cat lay dormant on the couch so long we thought it had retired from being a cat.

Some volcanoes can stay dormant for thousands of years, which basically makes them the world champions of super-long naps.

A girl found a dormant seed under snow. She cupped the dormant seed in warm hands, whispering to the dormant earth. Rain woke the dormant seed; the dormant roots pushed up, green through mud. The girl laughed as the small, bright shoot broke surface, and she pressed her palm to the new leaf, crying with joy.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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