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River Pronunciation

Pronounce River as R IY V EH R.

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

    • Traditional IPA representation of river: /rɪvɛr/
    • Modern IPA representation of river: /rɪvɛr/

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    List of meaning for river

    river(noun)

    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

    "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

    a passageway for water

    A fallen tree branch was floating down the river.

    an overwhelming flow or rush of something Jet streams can be thought of as giant rivers of air that circulate around the globe.

    He was overwhelmed by the river of new information that the document dump provided.

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    river in sentence

    1. Containing many auriferous drifts, the river was once a popular place for gold mining.

    2. Coming down the waterfall in a barrel, the crazy daredevil shocked the people watching from the river bank.

    3. The river crossing was much too dangerous for anyone to go through, but the pioneers caulked their wagon and braved it anyway.

    4. Everyone crawled into their sleeping bags and fell asleep fast after river rafting all day and then hiking ten miles to our campsite.

    5. An undercurrent is like a small stream or river within the larger water body itself.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term river

    It's really the river that has us worried, they say that the river won't flood in New Orleans, but we have a 5-year-old and a 10-month-old, and we don't want to take any chances.

    – Betsey Hazard

    We came out here together, and we looked at the river and we cried.

    – Rosemary Hart

    At some point, most of the city was (covered) with water. No power but you can see rivers in every street, i watched people -- some girls coming down the river -- some bodies coming by the water. It was terrible. It was pretty shocking.

    – Simon Uribe

    The bridge will be all glass. You’ll be able to see the skyline of Midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building to the west and the East River on the other side.

    – Gregg Pasquarelli

    I watched people -- some girls coming down the river -- some bodies coming by the water. It was terrible. It was pretty shocking.

    – Simon Uribe

    Mississippi River is so high that I am just scared to stay.

    – Claire Grogan

    [The film] showed a scene that was shot on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, i was so motivated by that scene that I decided I had to get to India. 'Spiritual moment'.

    – Adam Braun

    The inflow into the Karkheh river dam has been high ... and officials have had to release more water as the dam was approaching its full capacity.

    – Gholamreza Shariati

    He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the winds. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current... Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on toward ultimate success.

    – Albert Pike

    The ice floats down river until it bunches up in what we call an ice-jam, like a dam, causing flooding, all that backed-up water is eventually going downstream.

    – David Roth

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