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How to pronounce “acre”

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Pronunciation guide for acre

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of acre with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid 17 minutesto risk a quarter acre,
Definition summary: An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.

Example 1 of 8

Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid 17 minutes

to risk a quarter acre,

[Noun]
An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
(informal, usually in the plural) A wide expanse.
(informal, usually in the plural) A large quantity.
(obsolete) A field.
(obsolete) The acre's breadth by the length, English units of length equal to the statute dimensions of the acre: 22 yd (≈20 m) by 220 yd (≈200 m).
(obsolete) A duel fought between individual Scots and Englishmen in the borderlands.

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