how to pronounce worship

/ˈwɝʃəp/

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worship is pronounced in two syllables

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wɝʃəp

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

“… were meeting together to worship and …”

meanings of worship

noun:

  1. The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
  2. Ardent love.
  3. Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
  4. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
  5. A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries.
  6. The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
  7. An object of worship.
  8. A form of address of a mayor.
  9. Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
  10. Honour; respect; civil deference.

verb:

  1. To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  2. To participate in religious ceremonies.
  3. To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.

worship frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word worship occurs in english on average 32.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) people, society, and culture;

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