how to pronounce tempt

/ˈtɛmpt/

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tempt is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… then I'm also going to try to tempt okay …”

meaning of tempt

To tempt means to entice or incite to do something wrong or to sin.

tempt frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word tempt occurs in english on average 2 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 tempt 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 tempt can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;