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# How to pronounce "odn" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ɒdn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **odn**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- Initialism of ordnance datum Newlyn, used to judge the height above/below sea level in England, from the MSL (mean sea level) in Newlyn between 1915 and 1921.

### Example Sentences
- "the ODNI guidance. Information providing indication or advanced warning that the US or its allies are preparing an attack should be classified as top secret. Do"
- "produced by the ODNI in March, so less than a year old, specifically says that"

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

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

### Example 1
> "and the Secretary of Defense's uh let me help you because there's a very clear answer. You don't I guess you don't have it, but information providing in this is the ODNI guidance. Information providing indication or advanced warning that the US or its allies are preparing an attack should be classified as top secret. Do you disagree with that? I don't disagree with that. I just point out that the DoD"
- **Watch at 3:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLYK7xzTyvg&t=182s)

### Example 2
> "produced by the ODNI in March, so less than a year old, specifically says that"
- **Watch at 19:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dljIL4rBk&t=1160s)

### Example 3
> "of the the ODNI. And that instead their primary concern was that Iran was going to focus resources into the research of"
- **Watch at 19:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dljIL4rBk&t=1171s)

### Example 4
> "We had some early meetings when I joined the ODNI more than a decade ago, and they funded some research programs."
- **Watch at 38:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGrMijrbSD4&t=2329s)

### Example 5
> "you disagree with that? I don't disagree with that. I just point out that the DoD classification uh guidance is uh separate from the ODNI's classification guidance. You think it would be materally? Ultimately, the Secretary of Defense holds the authority to classify or declassify."
- **Watch at 3:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLYK7xzTyvg&t=197s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "including a DVD that resulted from a July 2008 odni summer hard problem here"
- **Watch at 28:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-uLbSRKl3I&t=1693s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "non-government employees who participated according to the redacted odni report that you can get online 36 people participated some of them"
- **Watch at 29:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-uLbSRKl3I&t=1768s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "terrorists so forms of communication of interest to the odni and Virtual Worlds include messages typed and that's broadcast to avatars in the area but"
- **Watch at 30:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-uLbSRKl3I&t=1828s)

### Example 9
> "Um what Donald Trump did in attacking Iran goes against what the ODNI report"
- **Watch at 16:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dljIL4rBk&t=973s)

### Example 10
> "reasserted that there was no classified information. And I think we can all agree that that information shouldn't have been out there. But let me ask you this. Are you familiar with the ODNI's classification guidance? I've actually got a copy right here. Um, if I read you a part of that guidance, I wonder if you could tell me what the level of classification indicated is."
- **Watch at 2:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLYK7xzTyvg&t=131s)


## How to Pronounce "odn"

- **Syllables**: odn
- **IPA**: `/ɒdn/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[oda](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/oda), [odc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/odc), [odd](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/odd), [ode](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/ode), [odal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/odal), [odbc](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/odbc), [odden](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/odden), [odds](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/odds)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “odn”?
“odn” is pronounced /ɒdn/ (odn). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### What does “odn” mean?
Initialism of ordnance datum Newlyn, used to judge the height above/below sea level in England, from the MSL (mean sea level) in Newlyn between 1915 and 1921.

### How can I hear “odn” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “odn” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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