how to pronounce behold

/bɪˈhəʊld/

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behold is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… lo and behold the city of tenochtitlan …”

meanings of behold

verb:

To contemplate.
To look.
To see or look at, esp. appreciatively; to descry, look upon.

interjection:

Look, a call of attention to something.
Lo!.

behold frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;