how to pronounce threat

/ˈθɹɛt/

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threat is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… this as an existential threat we can't …”

meaning of threat

Threat means a warning or indication of danger.

threat frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word threat occurs in english on average 36.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics threat 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 threat can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;