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How to pronounce “rectify”

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Pronunciation guide for rectify

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of rectify with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Allure's Editor-in-Chief Perspective on The Beauty Industryto play to rectify the situation here?
Definition summary: (obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body). [14th–18th c.]

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Allure's Editor-in-Chief Perspective on The Beauty Industry

to play to rectify the situation here?

[Verb]
(obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body). [14th–18th c.]
(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.). [from 15th c.]
(transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation. [from 15th c.]
(transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.). [from 16th c.]
(transitive, now rare) To correct (someone who is mistaken). [from 16th c.]
(transitive, geodesy, historical) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem. [from 16th c.]
(transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current. [from 19th c.]
(transitive, mathematics) To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
(transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.