HOW TO PRONOUNCE
applicable
/ˈæpləkəbəl/
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4 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The guide lists the applicable instructions.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does applicable mean?
adjective
- Suitable for application; relevant.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæpləkəbəl/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/əˈplɪk.ə.bəl//ˈæp.lɪ kə.bəl/
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But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration.
Why, then, is not this rule applicable to the man who improves the land, as well as to him who clears it?
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A few generally applicable suggestions may, however, be useful,--always assuming the story-teller to have the fundamental qualifications of fine and wholesome habit.
As already intimated, every word of this account is directly applicable also to the method of the pupil, the way of learning.
I think he has, to use a euphemism very applicable to him, got outside of every one of them, except the toad.