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The AskOxford Word of the Day entries are sourced from the Oxford Dictionary of English, which uses the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England (sometimes called Received Pronunciation or RP). To find out how to sound each symbol, see our pronunciation guide.
