how to pronounce excuse

/ɪkˈskjuːz/

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excuse is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… that I can have an excuse we have up in …”

meaning of excuse

Excuse means to give an explanation for a mistake or offense.

excuse frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word excuse occurs in english on average 30.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;