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Asleep Pronunciation
Asleep is pronounced uh-SLEEP, IPA /əˈslip/.
uh-SLEEP
US /əˈslip/ · UK /əˈsliːp/
Syllables: uh · SLEEP (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective and adverb: Sleeping, or in a state of sleep.
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Asleep in a Sentence
- The baby was asleep before the song finished.
- Half the class was asleep by four o'clock.
- My foot has gone asleep again.
Common Mispronunciations of Asleep
Not uh-SLIP
Stretch the ee out, because the clipped version turns the word into a slip.
Not AY-sleep
Open on a barely-there uh and give SLEEP the whole of the force.
Tip: Asleep is used after a verb and sleeping can go anywhere, which is why the two are not interchangeable.
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