how to pronounce consecrate

/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kɹɛɪt/

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consecrate is pronounced in three syllables

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kɒnsɪkɹɛɪt

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

“… carries a chalice to consecrate the new …”

meanings of consecrate

verb:

  1. To ordain as a bishop.
  2. To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.

adjective:

  1. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

consecrate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

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

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to consecrate

confiscateconcentratedesecrate

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