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How to pronounce “locomotion”
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Pronunciation guide for locomotion
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of locomotion with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- 7 New Species of Robot That Jump, Dance – and Walk on Water
We call this multimodal locomotion, and this is ALPHRED.
- Definition summary
- (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
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How to pronounce locomotion
7 New Species of Robot That Jump, Dance – and Walk on Water
We call this multimodal locomotion, and this is ALPHRED.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “locomotion”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- (biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
- (countable, often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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