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How to pronounce “transfix”
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Pronunciation guide for transfix
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of transfix with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Tom Chatfield: 7 ways video games engage the brain 16 minutes
to transfix us,
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
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How to pronounce transfix
Tom Chatfield: 7 ways video games engage the brain 16 minutes
to transfix us,
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
- (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
- (transitive) To fix or impale.
- [Noun]
- (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, typical of Afro-Asiatic languages, which occurs at more than one position in a word, i.e. a combination of prefixes, infixes and/or suffixes.
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