soft drink

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sawft, soft dringk]
- /sɔft, sɒft drɪŋk/
- /sɒft drɪŋk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawft, soft dringk]
- /sɔft, sɒft drɪŋk/

Definitions of soft drink words

noun soft drink a beverage that is not alcoholic or intoxicating and is usually carbonated, as root beer or ginger ale. 1
noun soft drink non-alcoholic beverage 1
countable noun soft drink A soft drink is a cold, non-alcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a fizzy drink. 0
noun soft drink a nonalcoholic drink, usually cold 0
noun soft drink a nonalcoholic drink, esp. one that is carbonated 0

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Origin of soft drink

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80

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Parts of speech for Soft drink

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Soft drink

soft drink popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

soft drink usage trend in Literature

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