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How to pronounce “overturn”

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Pronunciation guide for overturn

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of overturn with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The US vs. Itself — and Other Top Global Risks in 2024that Trump tried illegally to overturn an election.
Definition summary: (ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.

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The US vs. Itself — and Other Top Global Risks in 2024

that Trump tried illegally to overturn an election.

[Verb]
(ambitransitive) To turn over, capsize or upset.
(transitive) To overthrow or destroy.
(law, transitive) To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
(transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
(intransitive, of a body of water) To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
[Noun]
A turning over or upside-down; inversion.
The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.

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