how to pronounce overwhelming

/ˌoʊvɚˈwɛlmɪŋ/

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overwhelming is pronounced in four syllables

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oʊvɚwɛlmɪŋ

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

“… more was more overwhelming the birth …”

meanings of overwhelming

adjective:

  1. Very great or intense.
  2. Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
  3. Extreme.

verb:

  1. Present participle of overwhelm.

noun:

  1. A situation of being overwhelmed.

overwhelming frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word overwhelming occurs in english on average 22.8 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 overwhelming 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 overwhelming can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to overwhelming

overwhelmoverwhelmedoverweight

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