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Gradual ˈɡrædʒuəl Adjective Bre Change Climate Recovery Disease

Word gradual
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈɡrædʒuəl / NAmE / ˈɡrædʒuəl /
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  • a gradual change in the climate
  • recovery from the disease is very gradual.
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gradual

(adjective)BrE / ˈɡrædʒuəl / NAmE / ˈɡrædʒuəl /
  1. happening slowly over a long period; not sudden
    • opposite sudden
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sudden
    • a gradual change in the climate
    • Recovery from the disease is very gradual.
  2. not steep
  3. Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from medieval Latin gradualis, from Latin gradus ‘step’. The original sense of the adjective was ‘arranged in degrees’.
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