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How to pronounce “assuage”
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Pronunciation guide for assuage
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of assuage with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Virginia Smith: The global risk of flooding -- and how to turn the tide
If we can invest in mitigation, we can assuage the cost of flood recovery,
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
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How to pronounce assuage
Virginia Smith: The global risk of flooding -- and how to turn the tide
If we can invest in mitigation, we can assuage the cost of flood recovery,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “assuage”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
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