received pronunciation

Noun
  1. The approved pronunciation of British English;
    Originally based on the King's English as spoken at public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities (and widely accepted elsewhere in Britain);
    Until recently it was the pronunciation of English used in British broadcasting (synset 106961158)
    is a type of:
    • english, english language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
    • orthoepy, pronunciation - the way a word or a language is customarily spoken

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