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# How to pronounce "cheapens" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/tʃɪːpɛns/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **chea·pens**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb
- **VERB**: third-person singular simple present indicative of cheapen

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (14 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "cheapens" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "criticism of Israel's policies from anti-Semitism, in fact, it's an injustice. It cheapens anti-Semitism when you throw every person who is opposed to Zionism or opposed to Israel's policies in the bucket of being anti-Semites, it's wrong, it cheapens it, it doesn't do justice to it."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 151:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOKCNUqbpH0&t=9060s)

### Example 2
> "And a lot of people seem to think that -- that feeling cheapens the science, that if you feel something it cheapens it. And there's not enough said about how it cheapens the emotion."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOY1y2SpD4o&t=129s)

### Example 3
> "I think it's shameless and I think it's gross. - And it cheapens everything. - Yeah. - 'Cause there's deep important lessons about the Holocaust."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 43:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yHr9DPnSzk&t=2582s)

### Example 4
> "and pillage uh in the Middle East or incarceration na to me simply ridiculous and it actually sort of it actually cheapens the human suffering and human cost of the things that we're seeing in African agree with Martin on this as a journalist I would sympathize with John Allen who does some excellent reporting his attempt to get it on the agenda but sometimes you can shoot right past your"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 21:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HjwKBEHx9M&t=1312s)

### Example 5
> "Justice Sasha sees improvements to the summit's cockpit the seats have a fine leather upholstery and a sued like premium headliner up the a pillar to the roof but the hard plastic somewhat cheapens the look of the Chrome styling he says the new steering wheel with smaller gear shift paddles greatly"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jPr0zHYQpQ&t=184s)

### Example 6
> "Don't mix those two. And a lot of people seem to think that -- that feeling cheapens the science, that if you feel something it cheapens it."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOY1y2SpD4o&t=119s)

### Example 7
> "feel something it cheapens it. And there's not enough said about how it cheapens the emotion. You know, if you're spending your time feeling that the earth was created, instead of..."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOY1y2SpD4o&t=131s)

### Example 8
> "brings people in like a flash of light but ultimately it kind of cheapens the experience that everyone has. This is a picture of Alfred Barr at the end of his career and I'll just"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 34:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSIBNXCpWhs&t=2094s)

### Example 9
> "I think if you back out, it cheapens the institution of contracts."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 35:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqzW0eHzDSQ&t=2152s)

### Example 10
> "want to do I don't want to do gotcha questions because that's I think that cheapens the interviewer. The best piece of advice I got was from"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 41:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucbHNZWUTSo&t=2496s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [chafens](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/chafens)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "cheapens" correctly?
"cheapens" is pronounced `/tʃɪːpɛns/`. Syllable breakdown: **chea·pens**.

### What does "cheapens" mean in context?
third-person singular simple present indicative of cheapen

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