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How to pronounce “refuse”
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Pronunciation guide for refuse
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of refuse with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
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And so therefore, I said to them, "Well, look, if you refuse --
- Definition summary
- Discarded, rejected.
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How to pronounce refuse
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And so therefore, I said to them, "Well, look, if you refuse --
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “refuse”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Discarded, rejected.
- [Noun]
- Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
- (intransitive) To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
- (ditransitive) To withhold (something) from (someone); to not give it to them or to bar them from having it.
- (military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
- (obsolete, transitive) To disown.
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