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How to pronounce “pet”
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Pronunciation guide for pet
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pet with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Keep Australia Pet Friendly
as part of a Keep Australia Pet Friendly campaign.
- Definition summary
- An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pet
Keep Australia Pet Friendly
as part of a Keep Australia Pet Friendly campaign.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pet”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
- (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be peevish; to sulk.
- [Adjective]
- (figurative) Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
- (literally) Kept or treated as a pet.
- (obsolete) Good; ideal.
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