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# How to pronounce "intermitten" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ɪntɛrmɪttɛn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **in·ter·mit·ten**
- **Parts of Speech**: adjective
- **ADJECTIVE**: Misspelling of intermittent.
  - *Example*: "After KGKO established the Dallas studio, representatives of the A. H. Belo Corp. approached the licensee of Station KGKO with a proposal to purchase a one-half interest in KGKO Broadcasting Co. for the purpose of operating KGKO in a manner similar to Stations WFAA-WBAP which were then operating with a single transmitter originating their broadcasts in intermitten periods 50 percent of the time from the WBAP studios in Fort Worth, and 50 percent of the time from the WFAA studios in Dallas. The proposal was accepted, and with the consent of the Commission on July 24, 1940, one-half control of KGKO was transferred to the Belo interests. Thereupon the separate KGKO studios in Fort Worth and Dallas were abandoned and KGKO has continuously since that time originated its broadcasts one-half the time from the WFAA studios in Dallas and one-half the time from the WBAP studios in Fort Worth, dovetailing with the intermitten times those studios are not in use by WFAA-WBAP."

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

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

### Example 1
> "why consume processed sugar? You'll just end up snacking all the time. Intermittent fasting, eating only within six hours or not eating for 18 hours every day also brings structure into your day and into your eating habits, so you don't crave sugar anymore. Because, you know, if you eat sugar and"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 32:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjPH9njnaVU&t=1926s)

### Example 2
> "intermittent fasting, they kind of think about, you know, one thing and they think about"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyhmvAL-iYw&t=1551s)

### Example 3
> "Intermittent engine failure. Sure, maybe that thruster was back online for good, or maybe it was going to fail again."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 11:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxAstjX7P5o&t=702s)

### Example 4
> "Intermittent reinforcement-- will press the lever for food, will hit mouse for food-- mouse, rodent, rat."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 15:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG8kkcN2evo&t=942s)

### Example 5
> "Intermittent explosive disorder. There's a version of it in the current DSM-IV."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQFsNom5eo&t=92s)

### Example 6
> "intermittent sun exposure your uh skin changes called solar elastosis those are"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 37:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Hdkgde38g&t=2244s)

### Example 7
> "ahead is is useful. No doubt about that. And I couldn't agree more. but also to compartmentalize to not just write emails all day intermittently, but to say between two and three o'clock I'm going to sit down and write emails. Between 7 and uh 8:00 I'm going to commit wholeheartedly to cooking dinner, right, and drinking red wine. Are you consistent about that? Are you good at actually keeping those boundaries"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 16:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvAFHrRJ7GE&t=1018s)

### Example 8
> "certain of the kinds of problems that I would talk about here and that are reflected in policing and prisons uh problems of poor education and uh intermittent employment and uh you know uh limited full human development problems of fragile and fractured communities and families of uh large numbers of under socialized and underdeveloped young people who end up"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVNkHD_1PDc&t=137s)

### Example 9
> "to attach uh sources of energy that have more intermittency associated with them do we understand the Dynamics and how do these things affect the stability of the electrical grid whether it's on a regional basis or nationally uh how do we have Smart appliances that"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxha9_Bgsog&t=323s)

### Example 10
> "Okay? We, we inherited a plan from the last administration that actually lowered base load in America, and you can't lower base load and then add a bunch of highly subsidized intermittent electricity and then, and then, and then draw a line and say, "We're at the same level," 'cause we took away the stuff that we knew was dispatchable and replaced it with stuff that's only available when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 35:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glweKaY7M0s&t=2133s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "intermitten" correctly?
"intermitten" is pronounced `/ɪntɛrmɪttɛn/`. Syllable breakdown: **in·ter·mit·ten**.

### What does "intermitten" mean in context?
Misspelling of intermittent.

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