how to pronounce punish

/ˈpʌnɪʃ/

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punish is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… to punish and pacify native people …”

meaning of punish

Punish means to inflict punishment on someone.

punish frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word punish occurs in english on average 5.4 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 punish 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 punish can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;