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How to pronounce “plain”
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Pronunciation guide for plain
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of plain with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Best Cheesecakes in the Universe
just want to make a plain cheesecake and
- Definition summary
- (now rare, regional) Flat, level. [from 14th c.]
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce plain
The Best Cheesecakes in the Universe
just want to make a plain cheesecake and
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “plain”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (now rare, regional) Flat, level. [from 14th c.]
- Simple, unaltered.
- Obvious.
- Open.
- Not unusually beautiful; unattractive. [from 17th c.]
- (card games) Not a trump.
- [Adverb]
- (colloquial) Simply.
- (archaic) Plainly; distinctly.
- [Noun]
- An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
- A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water.
- (archaic) Synonym of field in reference to a battlefield.
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of plane: a flat geometric field.
- [Verb]
- (obsolete, transitive) To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
- (obsolete, transitive) To make plain or manifest; to explain.
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Similar Sounds
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