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How to pronounce “allay”
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Pronunciation guide for allay
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of allay with real speech in context.
- Available examples
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- Real speech example
- I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK
Now modern governments can allay many of those costs,
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
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How to pronounce allay
I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK
Now modern governments can allay many of those costs,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “allay”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- (archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- (archaic, by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
- [Noun]
- Alleviation; abatement; check.
- (obsolete) An alloy.
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