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How to pronounce “pruning”
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Pronunciation guide for pruning
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pruning with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
It's called pruning.
- Definition summary
- A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
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How to pronounce pruning
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

It's called pruning.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pruning”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
- (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
- (computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of prune
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