how to pronounce besiege

/bɪˈsiːdʒ/

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besiege is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of besiege

verb:

To assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.

besiege frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

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

1) communication, information, and media;