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How to pronounce “harden

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Pronunciation guide for harden

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of harden with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
An Extreme Weather Report From America’s Weathermanto have to harden these sites against climate change.
Definition summary
(intransitive) To become hard.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce harden

An Extreme Weather Report From America’s Weatherman

to have to harden these sites against climate change.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “harden

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (intransitive) To become hard.
  • (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
  • (transitive, figurative) To strengthen.
  • (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
  • (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
  • (intransitive, informal) To get an erection.
  • (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
  • (Slavic phonology) To unpalatalize or velarize.
  • [Noun]
  • Alternative form of hurden (“coarse linen”).

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