HOW TO PRONOUNCE
busiest
/ˈbɪziəst/
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BIZ-ee-uhst: start with the sound of “busy.”
The written u sounds like the short i of “sit.” Keep the s voiced as z, then let ee move into the light “uhst” ending.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“Saturday is usually the busiest day at the market.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does busiest mean?
adjective
- superlative form of busy: most busy
More meanings (1)
verb
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of busy
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɪziəst/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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How much time, just at the very busiest season of the whole year, such a table would have saved!
What have the people been about, who have been the busiest in getting money, and in getting power, this century or two?
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No matter how busy he was, and he was surely one of the busiest men that ever lived, he somehow found time for them.
Henchard, who treated her kindly, except in moments of irritation, sent at once for the richest, busiest doctor, whom he supposed to be the best.
I went over there when I could, but the times when she was in from the fields were the times when I was busiest here.