how to pronounce abuse

/əˈbjuːz/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of abuse is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

abuse is pronounced in two syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of abuse

1.

2.

uː

example pitch curve for pronunciation of abuse

test your pronunciation of abuse

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of abuse

video examples of abuse pronunciation

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

“… history of abuse that Ruth suffered from …”

meaning of abuse

Abuse means to use or treat someone in a way that is harmful or offensive.

abuse frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word abuse occurs in english on average 36 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 abuse 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 abuse can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;