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How to pronounce “likening”
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Pronunciation guide for likening
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of likening with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 5 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- iO Tillett Wright: Fifty shades of gay 18 minutes
where pundits started likening our love to bestiality on national television.
- Definition summary
- present participle and gerund of liken
Example 1 of 5
How to pronounce likening
iO Tillett Wright: Fifty shades of gay 18 minutes

where pundits started likening our love to bestiality on national television.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “likening”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of liken
- [Noun]
- The act by which things are likened; a comparison.
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Similar Sounds
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