how to pronounce impersonate
/ɪmˈpɜː.sən.ɛɪt/
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impersonate is pronounced in four syllables
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video examples of impersonate pronunciation
An example use of impersonate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… I can't impersonate him he said my …”
meanings of impersonate
verb:
- To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
- To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
- To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
impersonate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word impersonate occurs in english on average 0.3 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 impersonate 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 impersonate can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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