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How to pronounce “grave”

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Pronunciation guide for grave

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of grave with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Fredy Peccerelli: A forensic anthropologist who brings closure for the “disappeared" 8 minutes, 45 secondsWhen we find the grave,
Definition summary: (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.

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Fredy Peccerelli: A forensic anthropologist who brings closure for the “disappeared" 8 minutes, 45 seconds

When we find the grave,

[Noun]
(strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
(loosely) Any place of interment.
(very loosely) Any place containing one or more corpses.
(uncountable, by extension) Death, destruction.
(by extension, uncountable) Deceased people; the dead.
[Verb]
(transitive, obsolete) To dig.
(intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
(transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
(intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
(transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
(intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
[Adjective]
Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful. [from 16th c.]
Low in pitch, tone etc. [from 17th c.]
Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable. [from 19th c.]
(phonology, dated, of a sound) Dull, produced in the middle or back of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
(obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative. [16th–18th c.]