how to pronounce awesome

/ˈɔːsəm/

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awesome is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… forcing you to grow up so it's been awesome we can say it's awesome …”

meanings of awesome

adjective:

Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

noun:

Short for awesomeness: the quality, state, or essence of being awesome. pure awesome; made of awesome.

awesome frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word awesome occurs in english on average 123.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;