HOW TO PRONOUNCE
license
/ˈlaɪsəns/
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Start with the vowel in “line.”
Both c and the final s represent unvoiced s sounds, with a light vowel before the final ns.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She renewed her license before the deadline.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does license mean?
noun
- A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
- The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
- Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
More meanings (7)
noun
- Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
- Ellipsis of driver's license.
verb
- To authorize officially.
- To give formal authorization to use.
- To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation.
- To give permission or freedom to; accept.
- To permit (as grammatically correct).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlaɪsəns/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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These license fees amount to more than $40 million per year and are a primary source of income for the government.
It was agreed that on the morrow Canler was to drive to town and bring back the license and a minister.
More book examples (3)
All this appears to have aggravated party quarrels in Rome, and to have encouraged the soldiers in acts of license and rapacity.
It cannot be denied that the effects of this extreme license of the press tend indirectly to the maintenance of public order.
Sow the same seed of rapacious license and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.