how to pronounce abet

/əˈbɛt/

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abet is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of abet in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in order to aid and abet terrorism can …”

meanings of abet

verb:

To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

noun:

An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
Fraud or cunning.

abet frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word abet occurs in english on average 0.2 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 abet 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 abet can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;