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Withdraw Pronunciation
Withdraw is pronounced widh-DRAW, IPA /wɪðˈdrɔ/.
widh-DRAW
US /wɪðˈdrɔ/ · UK /wɪðˈdrɔː/
Syllables: widh · DRAW (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb: To take something out, or to remove yourself from a place or an agreement.
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Withdraw in a Sentence
- You can withdraw up to three hundred a day.
- Two candidates chose to withdraw.
- He agreed to withdraw the complaint.
Common Mispronunciations of Withdraw
Not with-DRAW
Let the voice carry through the th, because a d follows it straight away. The hissier ending of with on its own cannot survive in front of another voiced consonant.
Not WIDH-draw
The second half carries the push, and widh in front of it almost disappears. Compounds built on a preposition behave this way across the language.
Tip: Withdraw, withdrew, withdrawn: the vowel changes and the stress never moves off the end.
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