how to pronounce brink

/bɹɪŋk/

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brink is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… technology is now on the brink of being …”

meaning of brink

The brink is the edge of a cliff or steep slope.

brink frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word brink occurs in english on average 4.2 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 brink 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 brink can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;