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How to pronounce “refrain”
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Pronunciation guide for refrain
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of refrain with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Outside the Jukebox
Then there's a refrain.
- Definition summary
- (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce refrain
Outside the Jukebox
Then there's a refrain.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “refrain”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
- (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb. [from 14th c.]
- (intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]
- (transitive, rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink). [from 16th c.]
- [Noun]
- The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
- (by extension) A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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