phonics

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Synonyms: phonic, phonies, photics, phobics

Antonyms: phonic, phonies, photics, phobics

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|study of sound-spelling correspondence}} The [[study]] of how the [[sound]]s of [[word]]s are represented by [[spelling]].
2. {{senseid|en|method of teaching reading with sound-spelling correspondence}} A [[method]] of [[teaching]] [[elementary]] [[reading]] based on the [[phonetic]] [[interpretation]] of normal spelling.
3. {{senseid|en|phonetics}} [[phonetics|Phonetics]].
4. {{senseid|en|acoustics}} [[acoustics|Acoustics]].

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