how to pronounce cutoff

/ˈkʌˌtɔːf/

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cutoff is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… presumably because the cutoff date for …”

meanings of cutoff

noun:

A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
A cessation in a flow or activity.
Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.
A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
A device that stops the flow of a current.
A horizontal line separating sections of the page.

adjective:

Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.
Constituting a limit or ending.

cutoff frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word cutoff occurs in english on average 0.6 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 cutoff 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 cutoff can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) transport and travel;