how to pronounce distort

/dɪˈstɔːt/

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distort is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… to deliberately distort this octahedron …”

meaning of distort

Distort means to make something different from what it really is.

distort frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word distort occurs in english on average 2.8 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 distort 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 distort can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;