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How to pronounce “patent”
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Pronunciation guide for patent
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of patent with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- James Watson: How we discovered DNA 20 minutes
he looked at me and said, "Are you going to patent this?"
- Definition summary
- (law)
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce patent
James Watson: How we discovered DNA 20 minutes
he looked at me and said, "Are you going to patent this?"
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “patent”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (law)
- (by extension) A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of patent leather (“a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for accessories and shoes”).
- (figuratively)
- (gambling) The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, law)
- (transitive, figuratively) To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
- [Adjective]
- Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
- Explicit and obvious.
- (archaic)
- (botany) Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
- (law) Protected by a legal patent.
- (by extension, figuratively) To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
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