Meaning

Having no variations in height..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having no variations in height.
2. Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
3. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
4. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
5. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
6. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
7. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
8. (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

Example Sentences

The land around here is flat.

The exchange rate has been flat for several weeks.

The party was a bit flat.

The market is flat today as most traders are on holiday.

The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.

February 16, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk A large part of the work is, to me, very flat.

How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world.

Your A string is flat.

Word Forms

• flatter
• flattest
• flatt
• flatte
• more flat
• most flat
• flats
• flatting
• flatted

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When Should You Use Flat?

Use flat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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