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How to pronounce “excavate”

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Pronunciation guide for excavate

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of excavate with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How AI Is Decoding Ancient Scrollsand people were racing to excavate more of these.
Definition summary: (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.

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How AI Is Decoding Ancient Scrolls

and people were racing to excavate more of these.

[Verb]
(transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
(transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
(transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.
[Adjective]
(rare, as an adjective) Made hollow.
(obsolete, as a participle) excavated, hollowed out
[Noun]
(zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

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