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Digraph , DIGRAPH. A term in ORTHOGRAPHY for two LETTERS that represent one sound, such as th in this and sh in ashes. If three letters together represent a si… Consonant , CONSONANT
CONSONANT
CONSONANT. A SPEECH sound distinct from a VOWEL (such as /b/ and /d/ in /bad/), and a LETTER of the ALPHABET that represents such… Alphabet , ALPHABET A system of written and printed LANGUAGE in which each symbol generally represents one sound, as with b for the voiced bilabial stop at the… Vowel , VOWEL
VOWEL A term in general use and in phonetics for both a SPEECH sound that is distinct from a CONSONANT (also vowel sound) and the LETTER of the… Sounding , sound·ing1 / ˈsounding/ • n. the action or process of measuring the depth of the sea or other body of water. ∎ a measurement taken by sounding. ∎ the… Spell , SPELLING The act, process, or system of relating speech sounds to LETTERS and to the written form of WORDS. The spelling system of an alphabetic lang…
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