how to pronounce imprison

/ˌɪmˈpɹɪzən/

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imprison is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… to imprison so-called enemies and …”

meaning of imprison

Imprison means to put someone in a prison.

imprison frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word imprison occurs in english on average 0.9 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 imprison 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 imprison can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;