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How to pronounce “dither”
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Pronunciation guide for dither
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dither with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Jonathan Haidt: How common threats can make common (political) ground 20 minutes
Yet we dither, taking no action to deflect the asteroid,
- Definition summary
- (literally) To tremble, shake, or shiver.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce dither
Jonathan Haidt: How common threats can make common (political) ground 20 minutes
Yet we dither, taking no action to deflect the asteroid,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dither”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (literally) To tremble, shake, or shiver.
- (figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
- To do something nervously.
- (electronics, technology, signal processing) To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
- [Noun]
- Trembling, shaking, or shivering.
- A state of nervous excitement.
- The state of being undecided; indecision; vacillation.
- (electronics, technology, signal processing) Any algorithm applied to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:
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