how to pronounce germinate

/ˈdʒɝməˌnɛɪt/

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germinate is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… percolate germinate and maybe those new …”

meanings of germinate

verb:

To cause to grow; to produce.
Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.

germinate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word germinate occurs in english on average 0.7 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 germinate 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 germinate can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;