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How to pronounce “affinity

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Pronunciation guide for affinity

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of affinity with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Reem Assilhad an affinity for social justice.
Definition summary
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.

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How to pronounce affinity

Reem Assil

had an affinity for social justice.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “affinity

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
  • A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
  • A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
  • The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
  • Any romantic relationship.
  • A love interest; a paramour.
  • Any passionate love for something.
  • (taxonomy) Resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
  • (geology) Structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
  • (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds.
  • (medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
  • (computing) A tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses.
  • (geometry) An automorphism of affine space.

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