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How to pronounce “retrench”

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Pronunciation guide for retrench

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of retrench with real speech in context.
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Real speech example: Hidden Histories: A Spotter’s Guide to the British Landscaperetrench and it becomes a
Definition summary: (transitive) To cut down or reduce.

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Hidden Histories: A Spotter’s Guide to the British Landscape

retrench and it becomes a

[Verb]
(transitive) To cut down or reduce.
(transitive) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
(transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification).
(intransitive) To abridge; to curtail.
(intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.
(intransitive) To live less expensively; to economize.

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