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How to pronounce “defendant”
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Pronunciation guide for defendant
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of defendant with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Machine Learning in the Criminal Justice Systems
If the judge releases a defendant--
- Definition summary
- Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
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How to pronounce defendant
Machine Learning in the Criminal Justice Systems

If the judge releases a defendant--
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “defendant”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
- [Noun]
- (law) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.
- (law) In criminal proceedings, the accused.
- [Verb]
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of dēfendō
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