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How to pronounce “strait”
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Pronunciation guide for strait
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of strait with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Open Water Swimming Manual
So I set the goal of swimming across Cook Straits in a
- Definition summary
- (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce strait
Open Water Swimming Manual

So I set the goal of swimming across Cook Straits in a
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “strait”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
- (archaic) Righteous, strict.
- (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting.
- (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
- (obsolete) Difficult; distressful.
- (obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
- Obsolete spelling of straight.
- [Noun]
- (geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
- A narrow pass, passage or street.
- A neck of land; an isthmus.
- (often in the plural) A difficult position.
- [Verb]
- (obsolete, transitive) To confine; put to difficulties.
- (obsolete, transitive) To tighten.
- [Adverb]
- (obsolete) Strictly; rigorously.
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