how to pronounce perpetrate

/ˈpɜː.pə.tɹɛɪt/

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perpetrate is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… to perpetrate a lie but other people can …”

meanings of perpetrate

verb:

To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.

perpetrate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word perpetrate occurs in english on average 0.2 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 perpetrate 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 perpetrate can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;