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How to pronounce “jail”
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Pronunciation guide for jail
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of jail with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What if we ended the injustice of bail?
I will never forget the first time I visited a client in jail.
- Definition summary
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
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How to pronounce jail
What if we ended the injustice of bail?
I will never forget the first time I visited a client in jail.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “jail”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- (uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
- (horse racing, uncountable) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
- In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- (computing, FreeBSD, usually uncountable) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
- [Verb]
- To imprison.
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