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How to pronounce “duress”
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Pronunciation guide for duress
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of duress with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- How to Find Creativity and Purpose in the Face of Adversity
And so the thing that I had always reached for in times of duress,
- Definition summary
- (obsolete) Harsh treatment.
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How to pronounce duress
How to Find Creativity and Purpose in the Face of Adversity
And so the thing that I had always reached for in times of duress,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “duress”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) Harsh treatment.
- Constraint by threat.
- (law) Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.
- [Verb]
- To put under duress; to pressure.
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