how to pronounce tirade

/taɪˈɹɛɪd/

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tirade is pronounced in two syllables

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taɪɹɛɪd

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

“… Buster went on a cussing tirade about …”

meanings of tirade

noun:

  1. A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse.
  2. A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe.

verb:

  1. To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.

tirade frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tirade occurs in english on average 1 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 tirade 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 tirade can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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