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How to pronounce “flatten

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Pronunciation guide for flatten

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of flatten with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
How tech companies can help combat the pandemic and reshape public healthwhether it's to flatten the curve or keep the curve flat as we go forward.
Definition summary
(transitive) To make something flat or flatter.

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How to pronounce flatten

How tech companies can help combat the pandemic and reshape public health

whether it's to flatten the curve or keep the curve flat as we go forward.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “flatten

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
  • (reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
  • (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
  • (intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
  • (intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
  • (music) To lower by a semitone.
  • To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
  • (programming, transitive) To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
  • (computer graphics, transitive) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.

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