how to pronounce redress

/ɹɪˈdɹɛs/

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redress is pronounced in two syllables

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ɹɪdɹɛs

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

“… whom people go for further redress if …”

meanings of redress

verb:

  1. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
  2. To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
  3. To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
  4. To put upright again; to restore.
  5. To dress again.
  6. To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

noun:

  1. The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
  2. The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
  3. A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
  4. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.

redress frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word redress occurs in english on average 4.5 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 redress 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 redress can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;

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