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How to pronounce “soften”
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Pronunciation guide for soften
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of soften with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Thriving in Difficult Times
It began to soften.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
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How to pronounce soften
Thriving in Difficult Times
It began to soften.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “soften”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
- (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
- (transitive) To make less harsh.
- (intransitive) To become soft or softer.
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
- (Slavic phonology) To palatalize.
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