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How to pronounce “incubation”

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Pronunciation guide for incubation

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of incubation with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: A global pandemic calls for global solutionsare the incubation period or the generation time.
Definition summary: Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.

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A global pandemic calls for global solutions

are the incubation period or the generation time.

[Noun]
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
(pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
(chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
(psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.

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