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# How to pronounce "gdf" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/gdf/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **gdf**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: Initialism of geological disposal facility.
  - *Example*: "In the 2120s, once it has been filled, Onkalo will be sealed and turned over to the state. Other countries also plan to banish their nuclear waste into GDFs."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

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

### Example 1
> "distressingly familiar to these visitors refugees from Syria Ethiopia and Congo a lot about gdf and we found that the stazi had tried in his in its last days to destroy files and information that's just what civil rights activists wanted to prevent they stormed sty headquarters after the fall"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEYPC8J5HEk&t=14s)

### Example 2
> "So it makes all the GDF15 that's making the mother sick."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYewFQhc5U&t=119s)

### Example 3
> "So we first of all proved that the GDF15 in the mother's blood doesn't come from the mother, it actually comes from the fetus, the baby."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYewFQhc5U&t=111s)

### Example 4
> "was in a region that was closest to the gene GDF15 that codes for the hormone GDF15."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYewFQhc5U&t=160s)

### Example 5
> "It is a condition characterised by both the excessive production of GDF15 by the fetus and excessive sensitivity on the part of the mother,"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYewFQhc5U&t=235s)

### Example 6
> "But you can't explain it just on the basis of how high the GDF15 is."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYewFQhc5U&t=123s)

### Example 7
> "and so that gave us very strong evidence of a relationship between GDF15 and Hyperemesis Gravidarum."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYewFQhc5U&t=177s)

### Example 8
> "We worked at mice that had been given a little bit of excessive GDF15 to it and showed that when we gave them a slug of GDF15, they didn't respond to it"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYewFQhc5U&t=214s)

### Example 9
> "institutions like the Gazette, which is where they publish their laws. To Turk Eximbark, Ankara, Official Gazette and GDFI, so this are ministries and kind of specific Turkish institutions that you picking up with this approach, that's coming from the country commerce reports."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 29:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFs6bZCNXxg&t=1765s)

### Example 10
> "us this opens the window on potential treatment for patients with heart disease the protein is called gdf11 it's present in high levels in"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FoB0bif-3Q&t=55s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [gda](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gda), [gdc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gdc), [gdi](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gdi), [gdl](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gdl), [gdm](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gdm), [gdn](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gdn), [gdal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gdal), [gddr](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gddr)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "gdf" correctly?
"gdf" is pronounced `/gdf/`. Syllable breakdown: **gdf**.

### What does "gdf" mean in context?
Initialism of geological disposal facility.

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