how to pronounce hesitate

/ˈhɛz.ɪ.tɛɪt/

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hesitate is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… challenging so do not hesitate to have a …”

meaning of hesitate

Hesitate means to stop and think before acting.

hesitate frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hesitate occurs in english on average 5.8 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 hesitate 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 hesitate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;