how to pronounce shaping

/ˈʃɛɪpɪŋ/

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shaping is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… is the shaping container shortage that …”

meanings of shaping

noun:

The action of the verb to shape.
A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in operant conditioning.

verb:

Present participle of shape.

shaping frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word shaping occurs in english on average 6.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) education, science, and technology;

3) people, society, and culture;