ingressive
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A speech sound in which the air stream is created by drawing air in through the mouth or nose.
Antonyms
- 1
Going or directed inward, entering.
- 2
Open to entry or examination.
โThe chances that your Internet activity is being monitored are low, despite the ingressive nature of the modern Internet environment.โ
- 3
(of a speech sound) Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
- 4
(grammar) Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
- 5
Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.
โThis spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave.โ
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