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How to pronounce “room”

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Pronunciation guide for room

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of room with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How to Work a RoomCLIFF: So gathering in a room full of people, many of whom
Definition summary: (now rare) An opportunity or scope (to do something). [from 9th c.]

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How to Work a Room

CLIFF: So gathering in a room full of people, many of whom

[Noun]
(now rare) An opportunity or scope (to do something). [from 9th c.]
(uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity. [from 10th c.]
(archaic) A particular portion of space. [from 11th c.]
(uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something. [from 15th c.]
(nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame. [from 15th c.]
(obsolete) A place; a stead.
(countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. [from 15th c.]
(countable, with possessive pronoun) (One's) bedroom.
(in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings. [from 17th c.]
(usually in the singular, metonymic) The people in a room. [from 17th c.]
(mining) An area for working in a coal mine. [from 17th c.]
(caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. [from 17th c.]
(Internet, countable) An IRC or chat room. [from 20th c.]
A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
(transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.