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How to pronounce “sharpen”
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Pronunciation guide for sharpen
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sharpen with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Democracy Requires Disagreement. Here’s How To Do It Better
is it will sharpen your own argument, right?
- Definition summary
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce sharpen
Democracy Requires Disagreement. Here’s How To Do It Better

is it will sharpen your own argument, right?
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sharpen”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
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