how to pronounce bruise

/bɹuːz/

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the above transcription of bruise is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

bruise is pronounced in one syllable

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uː

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

“… Dodge's she got a bruise but she …”

meaning of bruise

Bruise is a mark on the skin caused by a blow or a sudden pressure.

bruise frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word bruise occurs in english on average 2.3 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 bruise 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 bruise can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) life, nature, and living environment;