RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION meaning: Standard British accent, upper-class

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word Received Pronunciation:

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received pronunciation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Received Pronunciation, Received Pronunciation: Merriam-Webster
received pronunciation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Received Pronunciation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Received Pronunciation: Collins English Dictionary
Received Pronunciation: Vocabulary.com
Received Pronunciation, Received pronunciation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Received Pronunciation: Wiktionary
Received Pronunciation: Infoplease Dictionary
received pronunciation: Dictionary.com
Received Pronunciation, Received pronunciation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
received pronunciation: FreeDictionary.org
received pronunciation: Mnemonic Dictionary
Received Pronunciation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Received Pronunciation: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Received Pronunciation)

▸ noun: The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP

Similar:

U-RP, RPer, rcpt, bossy r, hard R, P.R.B., R'dg, Rt Rev, R.R., Rupp, more...

Opposite:

non-RP, regional accent, dialect

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