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How to pronounce “cage”

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Pronunciation guide for cage

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of cage with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: What silence can teach you about soundJohn Cage has made an impact on artists in many genres,
Definition summary: An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

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John Cage has made an impact on artists in many genres,

[Noun]
An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
The passenger compartment of a lift.
(field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.
(US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.
(figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.
(slang) A prison or prison cell.
(athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.
An outer framework of timber, enclosing something within it.
(engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.
A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
(mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.
(baseball, ice hockey) The protective wire mask at the front of a helmet.
(graph theory) A regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.
In killer sudoku puzzles, an irregularly-shaped group of cells that must contain a set of unique digits adding up to a certain total, in addition to the usual constraints of sudoku.
[Verb]
(transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.
(transitive, slang) To imprison.
(transitive, figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.
(aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.
To track individual responses to direct mail, either (advertising) to maintain and develop mailing lists or (politics) to identify people who are not eligible to vote because they do not reside at the registered addresses.