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How to pronounce “expensive”
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Pronunciation guide for expensive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of expensive with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
in fact the movies ours are so expensive
- Definition summary
- Having a high price or cost.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce expensive
The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

in fact the movies ours are so expensive
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “expensive”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Having a high price or cost.
- (computing) Taking a lot of system time or resources.
- (obsolete) Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
- (cricket) Having a high economy rate.
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