how to pronounce inspire

/ˌɪnˈspaɪɹ/

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inspire is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… mustard could ever inspire such love …”

meaning of inspire

Inspire means to cause to feel or act with enthusiasm.

inspire frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word inspire occurs in english on average 21.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics inspire 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 inspire can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;