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How to pronounce “soften”

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Pronunciation guide for soften

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of soften with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Blindness Isn't a Tragic Binary — It's a Rich SpectrumThen your complaints will soften and disappear,
Definition summary
(transitive) To make something soft or softer.

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How to pronounce soften

Blindness Isn't a Tragic Binary — It's a Rich Spectrum

Then your complaints will soften and disappear,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “soften”

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
  • (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
  • (transitive) To make less harsh.
  • (intransitive) To become soft or softer.
  • (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
  • (Slavic phonology) To palatalize.

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