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How to pronounce “bastion”
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Pronunciation guide for bastion
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of bastion with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy?
our last bastion of freedom, our mental privacy.
- Definition summary
- (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
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How to pronounce bastion
When technology can read minds, how will we protect our privacy?
our last bastion of freedom, our mental privacy.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “bastion”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To furnish with a bastion.
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