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How to pronounce “asylum

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Pronunciation guide for asylum

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of asylum with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
The fundamental right to seek asylumworking with Central American asylum seekers.
Definition summary
A place of safety or refuge.

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How to pronounce asylum

The fundamental right to seek asylum

working with Central American asylum seekers.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “asylum

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A place of safety or refuge.
  • (uncountable) The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
  • (dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
  • [Verb]
  • to place in an asylum
  • to grant protection or refuge

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