how to pronounce shutting

/ˈʃʌtɪŋ/

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shutting is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… I'll shut up yep shutting up definitely …”

meanings of shutting

verb:

Present participle of shut.

noun:

The act by which something is shut.

shutting frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word shutting occurs in english on average 4.4 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 shutting 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 shutting can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;