HOW TO PRONOUNCE
obesity
/oʊˈbisəti/
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4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The article discusses research on obesity.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does obesity mean?
noun
- The state of being obese.
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/oʊˈbisəti/
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Women were fattened for marriage just as pigs are fattened for market--beauty and obesity being interchangeable terms.
Age and obesity had made her inapt for love, but she took a keen interest in the amatory affairs of the young.
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The Thomisus, a first-class nest-builder, does like the rest: she hoards in her abdomen, but without undue display of obesity, the wherewithal to house her family snugly.
In some nations and families obesity is hereditary, and generations come and go without a change in the ordinary conformation of the representatives.