how to pronounce gainsay

/ˌɡɛɪnˈsɛɪ/

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gainsay is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… no one could gainsay me at the war's …”

meanings of gainsay

verb:

To say something in contradiction to.

gainsay frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word gainsay 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 gainsay 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 gainsay can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;