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How to pronounce “discredit”
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Pronunciation guide for discredit
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of discredit with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- R. Alan Brooks: When the world is burning, is art a waste of time?
I thought about how dictators and despots regularly murder and discredit artists.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce discredit
R. Alan Brooks: When the world is burning, is art a waste of time?
I thought about how dictators and despots regularly murder and discredit artists.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “discredit”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).
- (transitive) To cause (an idea or piece of evidence) to seem false or unreliable.
- [Noun]
- (countable or uncountable) Discrediting or disbelieving.
- (countable) A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution.
- (uncountable) The state of being discredited or disbelieved.
- (uncountable) A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach.
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