how to pronounce relinquish

/ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/

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relinquish is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… uh perhaps relinquish power because uh …”

meaning of relinquish

To relinquish something means to give up possession of something.

relinquish frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word relinquish occurs in english on average 1.6 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 relinquish 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 relinquish can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;