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How to pronounce “intercalate”

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Pronunciation guide for intercalate

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of intercalate with real speech in context.
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Real speech example: Ancient Greece & Rome Time & Cultureto intercalate or to add an extra month so
Definition summary: To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.

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Ancient Greece & Rome Time & Culture

to intercalate or to add an extra month so

[Verb]
To insert an extra leap day into a calendar in order to maintain synchrony with natural phenomena.
To insert an extra month into a calendar for the same purpose, such as for the Hebrew calendar.
(molecular biology) To insert a substance between two or more molecules, bases, cells, or tissues.
To insert anything somewhere (especially between other things), such as an affix into a word. (Compare interpolate.)
[Noun]
(often used attributively) An atom or molecule, or a substance, that enters between the layers of the crystal lattice of another substance, especially that of graphite.
A compound formed by foreign atoms or molecules entering between the layers of a crystal lattice, especially that of graphite.