how to pronounce exhume

/ɛksˈhjuːm/

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exhume is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… aren't true we need only exhume the body …”

meanings of exhume

verb:

To uncover; to bring to light.
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

exhume frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word exhume occurs in english on average 0.1 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 exhume 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 exhume can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;