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How to pronounce “hibernation”
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Pronunciation guide for hibernation
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hibernation with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Rosetta: to Catch a Comet
And then we went into this thing called deep space hibernation.
- Definition summary
- (biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
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How to pronounce hibernation
Rosetta: to Catch a Comet

And then we went into this thing called deep space hibernation.
Example Sentences
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
- (biology, sleep, space science) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
- (computing) A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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