how to pronounce confrontation

/ˌkɒn.fɹʌnˈtɛɪ.ʃən/

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confrontation is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… highly public confrontation over the …”

meaning of confrontation

Confrontation is a meeting or confrontation between two or more people or groups.

confrontation frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word confrontation occurs in english on average 10.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics confrontation 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 confrontation can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;