how to pronounce proscribe

/pɹoʊsˈkɹaɪb/

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proscribe is pronounced in two syllables

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pɹoʊskɹaɪb

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meanings of proscribe

verb:

  1. To forbid or prohibit.
  2. To denounce.
  3. To banish or exclude.

proscribe frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word proscribe 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 proscribe 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 proscribe can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to proscribe

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