how to pronounce halt

/hɒlt/

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halt is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… after that election was to to halt that …”

meaning of halt

Halt means to stop suddenly.

halt frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word halt occurs in english on average 17.9 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 halt 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 halt can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;