how to pronounce rebuke

/ɹɪˈbjuːk/

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rebuke is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… swift and occasionally harsh rebuke as …”

meanings of rebuke

noun:

A harsh criticism.

verb:

To criticise harshly; to reprove.

rebuke frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word rebuke occurs in english on average 1.8 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 rebuke 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 rebuke can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;