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How to pronounce “famine”
Hear “famine” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for famine
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of famine with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,
whether it's war, famine, revolution or a virus,
- Definition summary
- (uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce famine
Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,
whether it's war, famine, revolution or a virus,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “famine”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
- (countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
- (dated) Starvation or malnutrition.
- Severe shortage or lack of something.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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