how to pronounce increment

/ˈɪŋ.kɹə.mənt/

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increment is pronounced in three syllables

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ɪŋkɹəmənt

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

“… at 40 plus the increment which might be …”

meanings of increment

noun:

  1. An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things.".
  2. A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
  3. The waxing of the moon.
  4. The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
  5. The amount of increase.
  6. The action of increasing or becoming greater.

verb:

  1. To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

increment frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word increment occurs in english on average 1.1 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 increment 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 increment can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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