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How to pronounce “defect”
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Pronunciation guide for defect
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of defect with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Luxury, Not Landfill — the Waste-Free Future of Fashion
had become a defect,
- Definition summary
- A fault or malfunction.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce defect
Luxury, Not Landfill — the Waste-Free Future of Fashion
had become a defect,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “defect”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A fault or malfunction.
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- [Adjective]
- broken, not working
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