MANTRA


Meaning of MANTRA in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

recite

John sits down on the bed and recites a mantra under his breath.

repeat

Continually, they stand at the Dispatch Box and repeat the mantra that they are committed to the guarantee.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Every morning she could hear them singing their mantras with the children.

Flattening tax rates has fast become the mantra of reform-minded politicians.

His mantra is hope, growth and opportunity.

John sits down on the bed and recites a mantra under his breath.

Rightwing mantras of tax cuts and small government no longer excite voters.

Think of it in terms of science if you like, but say the mantra anyway.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.