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How to pronounce “ruby”

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Pronunciation guide for ruby

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of ruby with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How To Spot Authoritarianism — and Choose DemocracyRuby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss
Definition summary: A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

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How To Spot Authoritarianism — and Choose Democracy

Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss

[Noun]
A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
A deep red colour.
(heraldry) The tincture red or gules.
A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
(typography) A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters.
(obsolete) A red spinel.
[Adjective]
Of a deep, red color; ruby-red.
[Verb]
(transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.

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