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Refuse Pronunciation

Pronounce Refuse as R EH F UW S EH.

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

    • Traditional IPA representation of refuse: /rɛfusɛ/
    • Modern IPA representation of refuse: /rɛfʊsɛ/

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    List of meaning for refuse

    to decline or reject

    garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps(verb)

    food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

    refuse, decline(verb)

    show unwillingness towards

    "he declined to join the group on a hike"

    refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline(verb)

    refuse to accept

    "He refused my offer of hospitality"

    defy, resist, refuse(verb)

    elude, especially in a baffling way

    "This behavior defies explanation"

    deny, refuse(verb)

    refuse to let have

    "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"

    resist, reject, refuse(verb)

    resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

    "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

    reject, turn down, turn away, refuse(verb)

    refuse entrance or membership

    "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

    discarded or useless material

    refuse had littered the playground until our volunteer group cleaned it up

    to be unwilling to grant

    the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews

    to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

    she refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did

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    refuse in sentence

    1. Because I refuse to grovel for anyone, I did not beg the politician for a personal favor.

    2. Mistaking the salt for sugar seemed to ruin my cookies which caused everyone to refuse them.

    3. I refuse to live in a neighborhood where every house is identical to the one next door and none of the homes have personality.

    4. My persistent daughter will try to temporize when we refuse to extend her curfew.

    5. Some children become sedentary in front of a television and refuse to go outside.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term refuse

    I know I get criticized for saying we can unite the country, but ladies and gentlemen, I refuse to accept the status quo. The status quo of this miserable, ugly politics we have today guarantees we'll continue to do the same.

    – Joe Biden

    Maybe the Atheist Club in Madison, Wisconsin has nothing better to worry about but our mural in Findlay, but our community is strong because we have belief. We believe in a power greater than ourselves that promises a brighter day is ahead despite our individual struggles. In our community we have many people who practice many faiths and believe many things. I celebrate those elements of my community and refuse to apologize for it.

    – Findlay Mayor Lydia Mihalik

    I think, given his experience with me, that he has an opportunity in overseeing Bob Mueller to restore some of Bob Mueller professional reputation, and I'm highly confident that Former FBI Director James Comey would refuse to abide that order.

    – James Comey

    If it's an unlawful mandate you can refuse to mandate it. You can dissent to the United States Supreme Court.

    – Chief Justice Roy Moore

    TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Please be informed that I am choosing to exercise my right to remain silent and the right to refuse to answer your questions. If I am detained, I request to contact an attorney immediately. I am also exercising my right to refuse to sign anything until I consult with my attorney. we want our residents to be educated, to have access to competent immigration attorneys and nonprofit agencies, to have their documents and records in a safe place and not to fear seeking assistance from local police, schools and other agencies, when needed.

    – Elisa Neira

    It is more difficult to maintain a realistic sense of human limitation. To refuse to become frustrated and angry, to analyze, to assess, to seek to understand and explain. To determine to be adult and fair. And, thus, to work patiently to improve while refusing to succumb to either cynicism and hopelessness. It is the long way around, but it is the civilized way, and the only way for those who have truly to understand the role of humane learning.

    – Nathan M. Pusey

    Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat.

    – Peter Sellers

    Under the new Department of Justice grant guidelines, these ten jurisdictions will now have to choose between receiving law enforcement grant money or protecting criminal illegal aliens. They can no longer do both. If these jurisdictions refuse to comply they could also be forced to repay every dollar they have received from these grant programs.

    – Inspector General Michael Horowitz

    Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.

    – Evelyn Underhill

    I refuse their services, this is a shelter.

    – Greg Washington

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