how to pronounce genuflect

/ˈdʒɛn.ju.flɛkt/

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genuflect is pronounced in three syllables

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dʒɛnjuflɛkt

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meanings of genuflect

verb:

  1. To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
  2. To briefly touch one knee to the ground, typically associated with religious worship.
  3. To bend the knee, as in servitude.

genuflect frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

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

1) people, society, and culture;

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