how to pronounce accused

/əkˈjuzd/

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accused is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of accused in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… when you accused me of things that might …”

meanings of accused

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of accuse.

noun:

The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.

adjective:

Having been accused; being the target of accusations.

accused frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word accused occurs in english on average 22.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics accused can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that accused can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;