how to pronounce outskirts

/ˈaʊtsˌkɝts/

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outskirts is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… here on the outskirts of Sydney you can …”

meanings of outskirts

noun:

Plural of outskirt.
The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outskirt.

outskirts frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word outskirts occurs in english on average 3.1 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 outskirts 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 outskirts can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;