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How to pronounce “incubate”
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Pronunciation guide for incubate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of incubate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Vital Data You Flush Down the Toilet
This is because infectious disease viruses incubate in our bodies
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
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How to pronounce incubate
The Vital Data You Flush Down the Toilet

This is because infectious disease viruses incubate in our bodies
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “incubate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
- (transitive, figurative) To incubate metaphorically; to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately as if in preparation for hatching it.
- [Noun]
- (biology or chemistry) A preparation, or material, that has been incubated.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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