OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY[OED]- HOW TO PRONOUNCE AFIRE – WITH MEANING AND DEFINITION.<\/p>\n
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Pronunciation:<\/strong> \/\u0259\u02c8fa\u026a\u0259r\/<\/p>\n Adjective:<\/strong><\/p>\n Figuratively:<\/strong><\/p>\n Would you like an audio example for clearer pronunciation or more such words?<\/p>\n Here’s a complete guide to the word \u201cafire\u201d<\/strong> from the perspective of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)<\/strong> style, including pronunciation<\/strong>, meaning<\/strong>, and usage<\/strong>:<\/p>\n IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet):<\/strong> \/\u0259\u02c8fa\u026a\u0259(r)\/<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Phonetic Spelling:<\/strong> uh-FY-uh (British) \/ uh-FY-er (American)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \ud83d\udd09 You can pronounce it like: “uh-fyre”<\/strong>, rhyming with \u201cfire.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Adjective (predicative use only)<\/strong><\/p>\n On fire; burning.<\/strong> Full of intense emotion or passion (figurative).<\/strong> Afire<\/strong> \u2013 in a state of burning; in flames.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n The whole building was afire<\/strong> by the time the firefighters arrived.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Afire<\/strong> \u2013 filled or charged with passion, excitement, anger, etc.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n Her speech set the audience afire<\/strong> with inspiration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Afire<\/strong> is typically used after the verb \u201cto be\u201d<\/strong> (e.g., was afire<\/em>, is afire<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Less common in everyday speech but often found in literature or poetic usage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Burning<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Ablaze<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Inflamed (figuratively)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Ignited<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Literal:<\/strong><\/p>\n The forest was afire<\/strong> after the lightning strike.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Figurative:<\/strong><\/p>\n His heart was afire<\/strong> with dreams of revolution.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Would you like the pronunciation audio link<\/strong>, or a printable PDF vocabulary card<\/strong> for “afire”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY[OED]- HOW TO PRONOUNCE AFIRE – WITH MEANING AND DEFINITION. [fvplayer id=”828″] Oxford English Dictionary (OED): How to Pronounce ‘Afire’ with Meaning and Definition Word: Afire Pronunciation: \/\u0259\u02c8fa\u026a\u0259r\/ Phonetic: uh-FY-er Meaning and Definition: Adjective: On fire; burning. Example: The house was afire before the firefighters arrived. Figuratively: Full of passion, excitement, or enthusiasm. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoken-english-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/pdf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\n\ud83d\udd24 Word:<\/strong> afire<\/em><\/h2>\n
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\u2192 Literal sense.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\u2192 Metaphorical or emotional use.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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