how to pronounce rapture

/ˈɹæptʃɚ/

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rapture is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… that you know the rapture is gonna come …”

meaning of rapture

Rapture is a religious term for the sudden and unexpected experience of God's grace.

rapture frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word rapture occurs in english on average 2.9 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 rapture 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 rapture can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;