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How to pronounce “nod”
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Pronunciation guide for nod
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of nod with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Broadway's The Wiz
There are so many ways that we nod
- Definition summary
- (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
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How to pronounce nod
Broadway's The Wiz

There are so many ways that we nod
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “nod”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
- (ambitransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
- (ambitransitive) To sway, move up and down.
- (intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
- (transitive) To signify by a nod.
- (intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
- (transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
- (intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
- [Noun]
- An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.
- A reference or allusion to something.
- A nomination.
- (figurative) Approval.
- A state of half-consciousness; stupor.
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