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The above transcription of nerve is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association. You can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.
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An example use of nerve in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… it is really nerve-racking like most of …”
Nerve is a part of the body that carries impulses from the brain to the rest of the body.