how to pronounce harvest

/ˈhɑː.vɪst/

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harvest is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… power town was struggling to harvest and …”

meaning of harvest

Harvest means the gathering of crops.

harvest frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word harvest occurs in english on average 11.3 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.