how to pronounce forgive

/fɚˈɡɪv/

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forgive is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… mother his mother forgive me um and the …”

meaning of forgive

To forgive means to pardon or to grant forgiveness.

forgive frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word forgive occurs in english on average 29.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) people, society, and culture;