how to pronounce refute

/ɹɪfˈjut/

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refute is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… i'm sure you will refute it and i'll uh …”

meanings of refute

verb:

  1. To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
  2. To deny the truth or correctness of (something).

refute frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word refute occurs in english on average 1.5 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 refute 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 refute can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

words with pronunciation similar to refute

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