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How to pronounce wannabe in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabee
Type of applicant, applier


the audience was full of Madonna wannabes.

Examples of wannabe

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This unashamed wannabe is terrorising the talent scouts of LA with her chav pop.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the performance ballpark with Dodge's Caliber SRT4, the HHR SS is no wannabe.
From the washingtontimes.com
After the quiz, the wannabe employees waited to be called for a short interview.
From the timesunion.com
Each day's post is like a mini-basketball clinic for coaches or wannabe coaches.
From the buffalonews.com
Is it going into the pocket of GDs wannabe millioner, Mr Gubaz Sanikidze, maybe?
From the economist.com
Naturally, these wannabe Alvin Tofflers foresaw a wealth of opportunities ahead.
From the forbes.com
Song's press release assures us that he's no Chopra Woo-meister Supreme wannabe.
From the scienceblogs.com
Your goal was to burn some political capital grandstanding as a wannabe educator.
From the latimes.com
Yet another Vespa wannabe, I thought when I took in its curvaceous Euro bodywork.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • Aspirant: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
  • Wannabe is a 2005 comedy film starring Craig Robert Young, Adam Huss, Anna Becker and Elizabeth Warner, and directed by Richard Keith.
  • Wannabe is a 12-minute independent short film set in the 1960s about the murder of an Andy Warhol starlet named Ann. It was written and directed by Frances Bathory, who also starred as Ann.
  • "Wannabe" is a song by the British pop group Spice Girls. Written by the group members with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard during the group's first professional songwriting session, it was produced by Rowe and Stannard for the group's debut album Spice, released in November 1996. ...
  • Wannabe is a British reality and Talent show presented by Toby Anstis and ex-Big Brother housemate Chanelle Hayes. It is a search for a new girl group similar to the Spice Girls consisting of five women over 25 years old.
  • Wannabes is an online interactive soap and game created for the BBC by Illumna Digital. Wannabes follows on from Jamie Kane, the BBC's previous foray into online interactive drama. The show/game consists of 14 10 minute episodes released twice a week. ...
  • (Wannabes (2000 film)) Wannabes (2000 film) is a crime drama film starring William DeMeo, Conor Dubin, Joe Viterelli and Joseph Donofrio.
  • (The wannabes) The Wannabes is a 2003 Australian comedy film starring Nick Giannopoulos, Russell Dykstra, Isla Fisher, Ryan Johnson, Michael Carman, Lena Cruz, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Costas Kilias, Chantal Contouri and Felix Williamson. ...
  • Someone who wishes to be or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant