HOW TO PRONOUNCE
accrue
/əˈkɹu/
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Stress the second syllable and keep “kr” together.
Use two syllables, beginning with a light uh. Move from k directly into r before the strong oo vowel, and finish without adding another vowel for the written e.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The points accrue over time.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does accrue mean?
verb
- To increase, to rise
- To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
- To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To accumulate.
- To become an enforceable and permanent right.
noun
- (obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈkɹu/
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Among the Buddhists, the followers give alms to the monks, and are told specifically what advantages will thereby accrue to them.
Our judgment would be, then, that it is too late for any benefit to accrue unless the land can be irrigated.
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It is not a dangerous thing to attempt, although it is very problematical whether much advantage would accrue from the operation.
To see the contents of a trunk thrown about in disorder, foretells quarrels, and a hasty journey from which only dissatisfaction will accrue.
He himself carefully scanned each face, appraising the possibilities of establishing intimacy with each of those present, and the advantages that might accrue.