how to pronounce sacrifice
/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/
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sacrifice is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of sacrifice in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… it's been a big sacrifice personally …”
meaning of sacrifice
Sacrifice means to give up something valuable or important to gain something else.
sacrifice frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR
the word sacrifice occurs in english on average 25.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics sacrifice 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 sacrifice can be often used in the following areas:
1) people, society, and culture;
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