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How to pronounce “gear”

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Pronunciation guide for gear

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of gear with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Ultimate Hiking Gear & Skills ClinicToday's clinic is going to be mostly about backpacking gear, supplies, and skills.
Definition summary: (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

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Ultimate Hiking Gear & Skills Clinic

Today's clinic is going to be mostly about backpacking gear, supplies, and skills.

[Noun]
(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
Clothing; garments.
(obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
(countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
(aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
(uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
(uncountable, archaic) Stuff.
(obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
[Verb]
(engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
(engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
(finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
[Adjective]
(chiefly Liverpool) great or fantastic