how to pronounce testimony

/ˈtɛstɪˌmoʊniː/

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testimony is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… who admitted in court testimony in 1878 …”

meanings of testimony

noun:

In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.
Statements made by a witness in court.
An account of first-hand experience.
Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.

testimony frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word testimony occurs in english on average 13.7 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 testimony 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 testimony can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;