how to pronounce astounding

/əsˈtaʊndɪŋ/

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astounding is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… somewhat astounding but the supreme …”

meanings of astounding

verb:

Present participle of astound.

adjective:

That astounds or astound.

astounding frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word astounding occurs in english on average 4 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 astounding 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 astounding can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;