how to pronounce eclipse

/ɪkˈlɪps/

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eclipse is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… ton called Eclipse we did our first …”

meaning of eclipse

An eclipse is the passage of the Moon or a planet across the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring it.

eclipse frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word eclipse occurs in english on average 3.8 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 eclipse 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 eclipse can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;