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Pronounce Be as B EH.

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    Be phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'be'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of be: /bɛ/
    • Modern IPA representation of be: /bɛ/

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    Perfecting pronunciation, especially for specific words like "be," can be achieved with focused practice. Here are four tips to help you improve your pronunciation of "be":

    • Listen and Repeat: Listen carefully to native speakers pronouncing the word "be" in various contexts, such as conversations, videos, or audio recordings. Pay attention to the sounds and stress patterns. Then, practice repeating the word aloud, mimicking the native pronunciation as closely as possible.
    • Break it Down: Break the word "be" into its individual sounds or phonemes: /bɛ/. Practice pronouncing each sound separately and then blend them together smoothly.
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    List of meaning for be

    to stay or remain

    beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4(verb)

    a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

    be(verb)

    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

    "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

    be(verb)

    be identical to; be someone or something

    "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"

    be(verb)

    occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

    "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

    exist, be(verb)

    have an existence, be extant

    "Is there a God?"

    be(verb)

    happen, occur, take place

    "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"

    equal, be(verb)

    be identical or equivalent to

    "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

    constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be(verb)

    form or compose

    "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

    be, follow(verb)

    work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

    "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"

    embody, be, personify(verb)

    represent, as of a character on stage

    "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

    be(verb)

    spend or use time

    "I may be an hour"

    be, live(verb)

    have life, be alive

    "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

    be(verb)

    to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

    "let her be"

    cost, be(verb)

    be priced at

    "These shoes cost $100"

    to have life

    stories that begin with the familiar line "once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden"

    to occupy a place or location

    we'll be there waiting for you

    to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes

    our school's football team is first in its division

    to take place

    the party is next Saturday

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    be in sentence

    1. Drivers should be careful of downed power lines because they have a high voltage of over 300,000 volts.

    2. The little boy tried to be privy to his big brother’s conversation by planting his ear against the bedroom wall.

    3. Emma thought it to be a huge double standard that boys were allowed to go shirtless at the beach but girls had to cover up.

    4. Cupping her mouth so that she could be heard across the picket line, the enraged woman began to heckle the factory representative that was trying to talk to union members.

    5. Young minors won’t be allowed on the plane unless they have a guardian to escort them.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term be

    The rationale for candidate contribution limits is that they prevent corruption -- if Brett Kavanaugh were to oppose contribution limits, Brett Kavanaugh would be willing to open the door to massive corruption of our elected officials.

    – Brett Kavanaugh

    The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.

    – Nan Fairbrother

    Whenever I begin to believe that that must be it of all my ideas, The Divine delivers me another.

    – Cometan

    Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.

    – Thomas Jefferson

    I'm not opposed to the summit. I will listen to what they have to say, but I don't have high hopes. There will be other summits, a second, a third, but I'm too old now, there probably won't be any concrete changes in my lifetime.

    – Kwon Moon-kook

    Basically they’re going to be wheelchair bound eventually ... and in some cases, people can be dead by the time they’re 30, (but) no one knows. Every case is different.

    – Clayton Faggotter

    There will be 250 unelected senators with power to protect the constitution and push reforms, about 2.5 percent of the Senate can be civil servants, or by my calculations, about six people.

    – Norachit Sinhaseni

    All liberty-loving Americans should be in mourning.

    – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz

    A man married to the right woman will be happy. A man married to the wrong woman will be a philosopher.

    – Aristotle

    That range would not be enough to reach the lower 48 states or the large islands of Hawaii, but would allow it to reach all of Alaska.

    – David Wright

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