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How to pronounce “shut”
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Pronunciation guide for shut
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of shut with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What the world can learn from China’s response to the coronavirus
to make sure we got back into Hong Kong before the airports shut.
- Definition summary
- (transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce shut
What the world can learn from China’s response to the coronavirus
to make sure we got back into Hong Kong before the airports shut.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “shut”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
- (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
- (transitive) To isolate, to close off from the world.
- (transitive) To preclude, exclude.
- simple past and past participle of shut
- [Adjective]
- Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
- (linguistics, phonetics, archaic) Synonym of close.
- Archaic form of shot (“discharged, cleared, rid of something”).
- [Noun]
- The act or time of shutting; close.
- A door or cover; a shutter. [17th century]
- The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
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