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How to pronounce ray
Say it like this: /ɹeɪ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
American/ɹeɪ/
What does ray mean?
nounA beam of light or radiation.
“I saw a ray of light through the clouds.”
A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
verbTo emit something as if in rays.
To radiate as if in rays.
To expose to radiation.
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