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# How to pronounce "diking" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/dɪkɪng/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **di·king**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun, verb
- **NOUN**: The process of building a dike.
- **VERB**: present participle and gerund of dike

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (3 Video Clips)

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

### Example 1
> "The water that was pumped up changed the chemical composition of water on his lands and in his streams and drainage areas. And also the ditching and the diking that was necessary to control the water made it dangerous for him to run his cattle. So a lot of the farmers are experiencing a more dangerous situation to pursue their own livelihood."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5VGZL3xqDI&t=1538s)

### Example 2
> "Well, it's because they eat one source of food, an apple snail, about the size of a ping-pong ball, an aquatic gastropod. So as we started damming up the Everglades, as we started diking Lake Okeechobee and draining the wetlands, we lost the habitat for the snail. And thus, the population of the kites declined."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 11:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApGeDdIaxo8&t=674s)

### Example 3
> "coastal flooding in America if we act too slowly we are going to lose parts of Florida we're going to end up diking much of"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 13:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X8MOnbIJeA&t=827s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

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

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "diking" correctly?
"diking" is pronounced `/dɪkɪng/`. Syllable breakdown: **di·king**.

### What does "diking" mean in context?
The process of building a dike.

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