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How to pronounce “plummet”
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Pronunciation guide for plummet
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of plummet with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Where in the World Is Trump Taking Us?
So it seems to me that those polls are going to plummet yet further.
- Definition summary
- (archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.
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How to pronounce plummet
Where in the World Is Trump Taking Us?
So it seems to me that those polls are going to plummet yet further.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “plummet”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.
- (archaic) Hence, any weight.
- (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines).
- A violent or dramatic fall.
- (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
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