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How to pronounce “slow”
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Pronunciation guide for slow
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of slow with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition
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- Definition summary
- Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce slow
The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition
slow NN reported a year
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “slow”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
- Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- (informal, somewhat derogatory) Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
- Not hasty; not tending to hurry; acting with deliberation or caution.
- (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
- Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
- (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
- (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
- (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
- [Noun]
- Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
- (music) A slow song.
- [Adverb]
- Slowly.
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