how to pronounce deprive

/dɪˈpɹaɪv/

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deprive is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… crave so much why deprive yourself of …”

meaning of deprive

Deprive means to take away or to deprive of something.

deprive frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word deprive occurs in english on average 3.4 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 deprive 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 deprive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;