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Meaning of PHONIC

Pronunciation:  'fânik

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  pertaining to phones or speech sounds
  2. [adj]  relating to speech
  3. [adj]  pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Phon"ic\, a. [Gr. ? sound: cf. F. phonique.]
Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.
--Tyndall.
 
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