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How to pronounce “beset”
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Pronunciation guide for beset
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of beset with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 7 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Are We Celebrating the Wrong Leaders?
the crisis that beset him was largely self-inflicted.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To surround or hem in.
Example 1 of 7
How to pronounce beset
Are We Celebrating the Wrong Leaders?

the crisis that beset him was largely self-inflicted.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “beset”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To surround or hem in.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
- (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
- (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.
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