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How to pronounce repose in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms recline, recumb
Type of lie
Has types rest
Verb group recline
Type Words
Synonyms ease, relaxation, rest
Type of inactivity
Has types bed rest, dormancy, laziness, leisure, lie-in, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping, bedrest


took his repose by the swimming pool.
Type Words
Synonyms lay, put down
Type of lay, place, set, put, position, pose
Has types lay to rest, blow, bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay, rail, rebury
Type Words
Synonyms ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, serenity
Type of quietness, tranquillity, tranquility, quietude
Type Words
Synonyms placidity, quiet, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity
Type of calm, calmness, composure, equanimity
Has types ataraxia
Type Words
Synonyms reside, rest
Type of attach to, inhere in
Type Words
Type of lie


Mao reposes in his mausoleum.
Type Words
Type of assign, put


These philosophers reposed the law in the people.
Type Words
Type of lay, position, put, set, place, pose


The nation reposed its confidence in the King.

Examples of repose

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A statue of Hercules in repose by Michelangelo decorated the garden of the lake.
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If you care but little to know the truth, that is enough to leave you in repose.
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Weismann shoots a full range of repose, from catnaps to cuddling to canoodling.
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Today prayers are still said daily by the nuns for the repose of Rudolf's soul.
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If I saw everywhere the marks of a Creator, I would repose peacefully in faith.
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Lake Tahoe, in all its nocturnal splendor and repose, was intoxicating enough.
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Resonating with refined repose, the Quin is the Quintessential New York Hotel.
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At this stage there is complete instinctual repose, manifested in unconsciousness.
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Like Amin, Gadhafi would not have deserved a single day of untroubled repose.
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More examples
  • Put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
  • Rest: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"
  • Peace: the absence of mental stress or anxiety
  • Rest: be inherent or innate in;
  • A disposition free from stress or emotion
  • Lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
  • Recumb: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"
  • Lay: put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
  • Reposal is a barbiturate derivative invented in the 1960s in Denmark. It has sedative, hypnotic and anticonvulsant properties, and was used primarily for the treatment of insomnia.