how to pronounce rest

/ˈɹɛst/

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rest is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of rest pronunciation

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

“… so well what's the rest of it is it …”

meaning of rest

Rest is a noun meaning a period of time during which you are not doing anything.

rest frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word rest occurs in english on average 225.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics rest 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 rest can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;