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How to pronounce “placate”
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Pronunciation guide for placate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of placate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Charles Clover
trying to placate this industry lobby,
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce placate
Charles Clover
trying to placate this industry lobby,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “placate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
- [Adjective]
- (rare, obsolete) Placid, peaceful.
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