🇬🇧 Peripheral meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Peripheral means something is happening at or near the edge of something, not in the middle or main part. If you see something out of the corner of your eye, that’s in your peripheral vision. Peripheral things are still there and still real, but they’re more on the side, not the main focus.

I tried to look serious for the photo, but my cousin was doing interpretive chicken dances in my peripheral vision.

The cat pretended not to care about the toy, but I saw her wiggling butt in my peripheral vision, ready to attack.

I was supposed to be paying attention to math, but a spider doing push-ups in my peripheral vision stole the show.

I focused on my book, but in my peripheral vision my sister was holding up signs that said, “Feed me snacks.”

Your eyes have peripheral vision that lets you see things off to the side—like the snack your sibling is trying to steal.

At the market, Anna spotted a small cat at the peripheral table. The peripheral stall lights blinked; the peripheral alley smelled of bread. She reached toward the peripheral shadow where the cat crouched, heart racing. The cat brushed her finger, a tiny rescue in the peripheral world. Anna laughed and took it home.

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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