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How to pronounce “trepidation”
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Pronunciation guide for trepidation
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of trepidation with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
You have a lot of trepidation.
- Definition summary
- Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
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How to pronounce trepidation
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

You have a lot of trepidation.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “trepidation”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
- An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
- (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
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