how to pronounce hesitancy
/ˈhɛzɪtənsiː/
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hesitancy is pronounced in four syllables
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video examples of hesitancy pronunciation
An example use of hesitancy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… vaccine hesitancy um so to let me let me …”
meanings of hesitancy
noun:
- A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
hesitancy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word hesitancy 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 hesitancy 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 hesitancy can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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