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How to pronounce “degeneration”

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Pronunciation guide for degeneration

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of degeneration with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How to Build in Space — for Life on Earthor artificial retinas that would cure macular degeneration,
Definition summary: (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.

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How to Build in Space — for Life on Earth

or artificial retinas that would cure macular degeneration,

[Noun]
(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
(uncountable) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
(uncountable) Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
(countable) A thing that has degenerated.

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