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You need to widen your perimeter.
Hi folks,
I am wondering about the term, 'perimeter' about in which situation I use it and weather it is suitable to use in business English. If that is the case, how does it usually mean in workplace?
I appreciate all your inputs on this. Thank you.
DanHi Erika, I am just an office worker who mainly deals with numbers. I am not sure I know the meaning of it 100% but I assume it could act as either a 'fence' or 'threshold'. Still not sure of what I should interpret it correctly.
7 ago 2018 00:47
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Depending on your business, this seems an unlikely word. Do you mean 'parameter'. You need to widen your parameters, seems far more likely than 'you need to widen your perimeter'.
7 agosto 2018
'whether it is suitable', not 'weather'.
7 agosto 2018
Perimeter refers to the border of an enclosed region. Perimeter is relatively formal.
Examples:
The farmer put up a fence around his land.
The farmer put up a fence along the perimeter of his land.
7 agosto 2018
To widen a perimeter means to specify a larger area. For example, if you're leading a search for a lost child in some fields, and you turn up nothing in the initial search area, you might widen the perimeter. That would mean searching the areas a certain distance outside the original search area.
The expression could probably be used metaphorically, too. I can't think of any examples off hand, though.
7 agosto 2018
"Perimeter" is the outer edge of an area. For example, the border of a space or a room. To give a proper answer, more information, such as the industry you are in, and additional context would be helpful. :)
7 agosto 2018
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Inglese, Coreano
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Inglese
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