how to pronounce outbreak

/ˈaʊt.bɹɛɪk/

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outbreak is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… top of covert is an outbreak of measles …”

meaning of outbreak

Outbreak means the sudden appearance of a disease or condition in a previously unaffected area.

outbreak frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word outbreak occurs in english on average 9.6 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.

topics outbreak 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 outbreak can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) life, nature, and living environment;