how to pronounce rift

/ˈɹɪft/

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rift is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… the post earnings announcement rift or …”

meanings of rift

verb:

To belch.
Past participle of rive.
To cleave; to rive; to split.
To form a rift; to split open.

noun:

A chasm or fissure.
A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.

rift frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word rift occurs in english on average 1.8 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 rift 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 rift can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;