how to pronounce shutdown

/ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn/

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shutdown is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… since the shutdown unfortunately …”

meaning of shutdown

Shutdown means to stop something from operating.

shutdown frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word shutdown 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 shutdown 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 shutdown can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to shutdown

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