how to pronounce abase

/əˈbɛɪs/

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abase is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of abase

verb:

To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.

abase frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word abase occurs in english on average 0.1 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 abase 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 abase can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;