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How to pronounce “lightening”
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Pronunciation guide for lightening
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of lightening with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How Digital Culture Is Reshaping Our Faces and Bodies
There was so much going on here: skin smoothing, skin lightening,
- Definition summary
- present participle and gerund of lighten
Example 1 of 4
How to pronounce lightening
How Digital Culture Is Reshaping Our Faces and Bodies
There was so much going on here: skin smoothing, skin lightening,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “lightening”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of lighten
- [Noun]
- The act or result of making something light or lighter.
- (medicine) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour
- (nautical) The removal of cargo (especially crude oil) from a vessel in order to reduce its draft
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