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# How to pronounce "ligases" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/lɪgæsɛs/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **li·ga·ses**

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

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

### Example 1
> "are also linked in another way, by the phosphate bonds that connect the 3尧 and the 5尧 carbons of adjacent nucleotides. That doesn't heal naturally but can be reformed by other enzymes called ligases, ligases re-established the phosphate bonds. How would I put a gene that I'm interested in into a plasmid? Well the first step would be to cut open the plasmid with a particular restriction enzyme,"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUddHabtAzk&t=1541s)

### Example 2
> "You could do that by using the techniques we described with restriction enzymes and ligases to cut and paste the viral"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 15:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p2t_d1XsZU&t=946s)

### Example 3
> "OK, and so E3 are the ubiquitin ligases."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 8:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1_f7Pu60Bk&t=491s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [liaises](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/liaises), [liase](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/liase), [libates](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/libates)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "ligases" correctly?
"ligases" is pronounced `/lɪgæsɛs/`. Syllable breakdown: **li·ga·ses**.

### What does "ligases" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "ligases" in daily English.

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