how to pronounce astonish

/əsˈtɑːnɪʃ/

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astonish is pronounced in three syllables

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əstɑːnɪʃ

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

“… and work only to astonish us …”

meanings of astonish

verb:

  1. To surprise greatly.

astonish frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word astonish occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics astonish 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 astonish can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words that rhyme with astonish

admonish

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