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How to pronounce “slight”
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Pronunciation guide for slight
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of slight with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Charisma & Imposter Syndrome
delayed and your eyes got a slight glazed over look, tiny, and yet people will catch
- Definition summary
- Minor; small in amount
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How to pronounce slight
Charisma & Imposter Syndrome
delayed and your eyes got a slight glazed over look, tiny, and yet people will catch
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “slight”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Minor; small in amount
- Of slender build.
- (regional) Even, smooth or level.
- (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
- (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
- (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.
- (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
- (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
- (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.
- (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
- [Noun]
- The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
- (obsolete) Sleight.
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