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How to pronounce “gyre”
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Pronunciation guide for gyre
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of gyre with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Power of Unconventional Thinking
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre /
- Definition summary
- (chiefly literary, poetic)
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce gyre
The Power of Unconventional Thinking

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre /
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “gyre”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (chiefly literary, poetic)
- (anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
- (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
- (transitive, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.
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