how to pronounce perish

/ˈpɛɹ.ɪʃ/

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perish is pronounced in two syllables

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pɛɹɪʃ

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

“… all four would perish in concentration …”

meaning of perish

To perish means to die.

perish frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word perish occurs in english on average 1.7 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 perish 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 perish can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to perish

parishserifferretsheriffnourishmeritrelishherringperilperry

words that rhyme with perish

cherish

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