how to pronounce flourish

/ˈflʌɹ.ɪʃ/

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flourish is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… we allow it to flourish from the bottom …”

meaning of flourish

Flourish means to grow or develop in a flourishing manner.

flourish frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word flourish occurs in english on average 6.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;