how to pronounce astound

/əˈstaʊnd/

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astound is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… even people have confidence astound so …”

meanings of astound

verb:

To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.

adjective:

Stunned; astounded; astonished.

astound frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word astound 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 astound 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 astound can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;