how to pronounce ostracize
/ˈɔːstɹəˌsaɪz/
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ostracize is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of ostracize in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… people would ostracize you yeah so this …”
meanings of ostracize
verb:
- To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
- To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
ostracize frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word ostracize 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 ostracize 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 ostracize can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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