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Pronunciation guide for prevaricate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of prevaricate with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- How to Write Less but Say More
you're not going to say prevaricate, you're going to say lie.
- Definition summary
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
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How to pronounce prevaricate
How to Write Less but Say More
you're not going to say prevaricate, you're going to say lie.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “prevaricate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
- (intransitive) To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.
- (intransitive, law) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
- (law, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
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