how to pronounce gasping

/ˈɡæspɪŋ/

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gasping is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… night gasping for air and a disorder …”

meanings of gasping

verb:

Present participle of gasp.

noun:

The act by which one gasps.

adjective:

Very thirsty.

gasping frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word gasping occurs in english on average 2.2 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 gasping 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 gasping can be often used in the following areas:

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