how to pronounce irreversible
/ˌɪɹɪˈvɝsəbəl/
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irreversible is pronounced in five syllables
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An example use of irreversible in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… I've seen irreversible skin thinning …”
meanings of irreversible
adjective:
- Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.
- Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
irreversible frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word irreversible occurs in english on average 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 irreversible 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 irreversible can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
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