how to pronounce pestering

/ˈpɛstɚɪŋ/

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pestering is pronounced in three syllables

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pɛstɚɪŋ

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

“… instead of you pestering the crap out of …”

meanings of pestering

verb:

  1. Present participle of pester.

noun:

  1. An act or instance of annoying somebody.

pestering frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pestering occurs in english on average 0.4 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 pestering 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 pestering can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

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