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How to pronounce “tide”

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Pronunciation guide for tide

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of tide with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Plastic Tideis quite literally a plastic tide, a tide of litter
Definition summary: The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.

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The Plastic Tide

is quite literally a plastic tide, a tide of litter

[Noun]
The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
The associated flow of water.
Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.
A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
(chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
(regional, archaic) A time.
(regional, archaic, in compounds) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier.
(mining) The period of twelve hours.
(Can we verify(+) this sense?) Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
(Can we verify(+) this sense?) (obsolete) Violent confluence.
[Verb]
(transitive) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
(by extension, originally from the idea of being carried by the tide, now chiefly in the phrase tide over) To carry over or through a problem or difficulty.
(intransitive, rare) To pour a tide or flood.
(intransitive, nautical) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.