how to pronounce intimidate
/ɪnˈtɪm.ɪ.dɛɪt/
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intimidate is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of intimidate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… and you can easily intimidate a citizen …”
meanings of intimidate
verb:
- To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
intimidate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word intimidate occurs in english on average 1.3 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 intimidate 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 intimidate can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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