how to pronounce interdict

/ˈɪntɚˌdɪkt/

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interdict is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… candid camera we would interdict the …”

meanings of interdict

verb:

  1. To forbid (someone) from doing something.
  2. To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).
  3. To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
  4. To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.

noun:

  1. A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
  2. An injunction.

interdict frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word interdict occurs in english on average 0.1 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 interdict 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 interdict can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to interdict

interactinterjectintellectintersectintercity

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