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Deaf Pronunciation

Pronounce Deaf as D EH AH F.

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    Deaf 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 'deaf'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of deaf: /dɛæf/
    • Modern IPA representation of deaf: /dɛæf/

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    List of meaning for deaf

    deaf(adj)

    people who have severe hearing impairments

    "many of the deaf use sign language"

    deaf(adj)

    lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part

    deaf(p), indifferent(p)(verb)

    (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed

    "deaf to her warnings"

    deafen, deaf(verb)

    make or render deaf

    "a deafening noise"

    sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

    I've given up on arguing with that guy, as he's clearly deaf to reason.

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    deaf in sentence

    1. In December, the school for the deaf puts on a pantomime in which the children use motions to show the meaning of Christmas.

    2. Unless you know sign language, you will be unable to comprehend the message the deaf girl is trying to convey.

    3. Often times, a sign language interpreter uses hand signals and gestures to allow the deaf audience to understand what the speaker is saying on the news.

    4. More than anything, the deaf girl wished she could hear the sonorous sound of the tuba.

    5. Before Ted decides to serenade his blind date, he should know she is deaf and will probably not appreciate his gesture.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term deaf

    A correct method that has not yielded any desired results for many years has only fallen into the deaf ears.

    – Anuj Somany

    In a deaf and dumb world, the mentally blind is only and often happy.

    – Anuj Somany

    Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read.

    – Mark Twain

    It's huge. I've worked so long and hard to tell my story and screamed my story onto deaf ears.

    – Barbara Bowman

    Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

    – Leo Tolstoy

    You really have to stick together closely so, even if they don't know what I'm saying, they know this sign and that movement means this, so they match it. There have been a lot of funding cuts to the arts, of course, which makes it harder for everyone, and that makes it increasingly harder for deaf actors.

    – Robert DeMayo

    They’re writing what we’re all living, you ’d have to be blind, deaf and dumb not to see the drama in the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.

    – Alex Gansa

    It's huge. I've worked so long and hard to tell my story and screamed my story on to deaf ears, it was like everything turned a 180 in a matter of a minute.

    – Barbara Bowman

    I did a little research on training deaf dogs, but for the most part it was her trust in me and our relationship that made everything work out smoothly, we use hand signals— we have one for ‘Good job’ so that she is always validated when she does something good, ‘no’ or ‘stop that,’ ‘sit,’ ‘stay,’ ‘lie down’ and ‘shake hands.’.

    – Farrah Marx in 2012

    It's the first time the universe has spoken to us through gravitational waves, up to now we've been deaf to them.

    – David Reitze

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