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How to pronounce “hiatus”
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Pronunciation guide for hiatus
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hiatus with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Best of Enemies
to do "Proud Mary," on my hiatus.
- Definition summary
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce hiatus
The Best of Enemies

to do "Proud Mary," on my hiatus.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hiatus”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
- An interruption, break, pause or absence.
- An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
- (geology) A gap in geological strata.
- (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
- (prosody, phonetics, sometimes uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.
Practice Nearby Words
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