how to pronounce duress

/ˈdʊɹɛs/

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duress is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… firms are under economic duress or do …”

meaning of duress

Duress is a state of being forced to do something against one's will.

duress frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word duress 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 duress 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 duress can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;