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How to pronounce “ray

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Pronunciation guide for ray

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of ray with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Rachael RayASIA SEAVERS: Rachael Ray is here.
Definition summary
A beam of light or radiation.

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How to pronounce ray

Rachael Ray

ASIA SEAVERS: Rachael Ray is here.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “ray

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A beam of light or radiation.
  • (zoology) A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
  • (zoology) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
  • (botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.
  • (obsolete) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
  • (mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To emit something as if in rays.
  • (intransitive) To radiate as if in rays.
  • (transitive) To expose to radiation.

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