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Pronunciation guide for abject
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- Practice the English pronunciation of abject with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- How Light and Code Can Transform a City
So this was a moment of awe, but also of abject terror.
- Definition summary
- Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]
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How to pronounce abject
How Light and Code Can Transform a City
So this was a moment of awe, but also of abject terror.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “abject”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]
- (by extension)
- Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile. [from mid 14th c.]
- (sociology, usually nominalized) Marginalized as deviant.
- [Noun]
- A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class. [from early 16th c.]
- [Verb]
- To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior. [from 15th c.]
- To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate. [from 15th c.]
- (mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
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