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How to pronounce “cry”
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Pronunciation guide for cry
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of cry with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Apologies Live Performance
wounds, then I'd cry, cry, cry a little
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce cry
Apologies Live Performance

wounds, then I'd cry, cry, cry a little
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “cry”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
- (transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- (ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To forcefully attract attention or proclaim one’s presence.
- (intransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- (transitive) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
- [Noun]
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
- A shout or scream.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- A clamour or outcry.
- (collectively) A group of hounds.
- (by extension, obsolete, derogatory) A pack or company of people.
- (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
- A desperate or urgent request.
- (obsolete) Common report; gossip.
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