how to pronounce inhibit

/ˌɪnˈhɪbət/

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inhibit is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… enhance it did they inhibit it did they …”

meaning of inhibit

Inhibit means to prevent or hinder the progress of something.

inhibit frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word inhibit occurs in english on average 0.8 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 inhibit 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 inhibit can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;