how to pronounce swoon

/ˈswun/

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swoon is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… could make anyone swoon and the piping …”

meanings of swoon

verb:

  1. To faint, to lose consciousness.
  2. To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
  3. To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.

noun:

  1. An infatuation.
  2. A faint.

swoon frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word swoon occurs in english on average 2.7 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 swoon 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 swoon can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to swoon

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