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How to pronounce “attenuate”
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Pronunciation guide for attenuate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of attenuate with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Ami Klin:诊断自闭症的新方法 19 minutes,
this notion that we can absolutely attenuate this condition.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
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How to pronounce attenuate
Ami Klin:诊断自闭症的新方法 19 minutes,

this notion that we can absolutely attenuate this condition.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “attenuate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
- (intransitive) To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- (transitive) To weaken.
- (transitive) To rarefy.
- (transitive, medicine) To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
- (transitive, electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
- (brewing) (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
- [Adjective]
- Slender, thin.
- (in consistency) Rarefied, thin, refined.
- (botany, of leaves) Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
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