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How to pronounce “gentle”
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Pronunciation guide for gentle
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of gentle with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Breaking Trail: Peaks, Public Health & Policy
It's nearly 24,000 feet, but it's gentle snow slopes.
- Definition summary
- Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
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How to pronounce gentle
Breaking Trail: Peaks, Public Health & Policy
It's nearly 24,000 feet, but it's gentle snow slopes.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “gentle”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
- Docile and easily managed.
- Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
- Polite and respectful rather than rude.
- (archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To become gentle.
- (transitive, obsolete) To ennoble.
- (transitive, animal husbandry) To break; to tame; to domesticate.
- (transitive) To soothe; to calm; to make gentle.
- [Noun]
- (archaic) A person of high birth.
- (fishing) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
- A trained falcon, or falcon-gentil.
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